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JC Carroll

April 13, 2024

Jean-Marie "JC" Carroll (born 9 February 1956) is an English composer, songwriter and musician.[1] He has been a members of the post-punk group The Members[2] for over 40 years, and is an established film composer.

JC Carroll
JC Carroll
Background information
Birth nameJean-Marie Carroll
Born (1956-02-09) 9 February 1956 (age 68)
Camberley, Surrey
GenresPunk rock, reggae, folk
Years active1974–present
Websitehttp://www.jccarroll.com/

Biography edit

JC Carroll was born in Camberley on 9 February 1956 and attended Salesian College in Chertsey, Surrey.[3] After playing in various school bands, Carroll's first taste of serious music was a 1974 chance meeting in the Three Mariners in Bagshot,[1] Surrey, with pub rock pioneer and 1970s icon Graham Parker. They recorded a two-track 1/4-inch tape in Carroll's bedroom later to become known in Parker mythology as "The Akai Tapes". Parker went on to international acclaim, and Carroll settled into life as a bank clerk, living in a bedsit in Kilburn and writing songs on a battered acoustic guitar.

A chance meeting on a train with Nicky Ritz, a graduate of Liverpool University, sometimes insurance salesman, singer, and beat poet with a talent for self-promotion led in 1977 to his being asked to join Ritz's band The Members.[1]

The Members' first single, "Solitary Confinement" (which Carroll co-wrote with Nicky Tesco), was released on Stiff Records.[4] In the spring of 1979, the Members released their UK anthem "The Sound of the Suburbs" (which Carroll also co-wrote). This record went on to sell 250,000 copies in months.[5] The track has been featured on hundreds of punk compilations. The album At the Chelsea Nightclub... gained critical approval and has been listed in Record Collector as one of the top 20 punk albums ever made.[6]

The Members recorded "Offshore Banking Business", a very early example of white reggae (with a political message). The Members then concentrated on the American and overseas market as they chalked up hits in America ("Working Girl") and Australia ("Radio") before becoming dormant in 1983.

Carroll married Sophy Lynn in 1988, and they opened a boutique in Notting Hill Gate in London, named the Dispensary. The Dispensary later grew to four separate shops in Soho (London and Notting Hill Gate. The shop became a gathering place for the early acid house scene. During this period, he became more and more involved in the production and design of tee shirts then tailored clothing. Without any formal training, Carroll made trousers, jackets, overcoats, shirts and leather jackets for the Dispensary. JC and Sophy had two children Grace Ivana and Irma Rose and worked together until 2002 when they separated.

During the 1980s and 1990s, Carroll concentrated on playing the accordion and mandolin and studying various European and ethnic music. During this period, he recorded music with Sex Pistol Glen Matlock and New York Doll Johnny Thunders, playing both mandolin and accordion on Thunders' version of "Que Sera Sera". A chance meeting with film music composer Michael Kamen led to Carroll's being asked to play accordion on Don Juan DeMarco, featuring Marlon Brando and Johnny Depp.

In 2008, Carroll married his partner Sheila and re-established The Members as a live and recording band with original bassist Chris Payne and new drummer Nick Cash (temporarily replaced in 2010 by Rat Scabies of The Damned). In 2009, Carroll recorded The Golborne Variations, with Guy Pratt, Nick Cash, Chester Kamen, Chris Payne and Jennifer Pearl. Long-term collaborator and producer David M. Allen produced this album. In 2011, Carroll shot and edited a movie, with filmmaker Simon Godley, titled The Golborne Variations. This film premiered together with the first public performance of Golborne Variations at the 2011 Portobello Film Festival, where it won a special prize.[7]

In 2011, New Musical Express (NME) listed two of Carroll's songs, 1979's "Offshore Banking" and 2009's "Caveman TV" on a list of forgotten masterpieces.[8]

In 2012, Carroll produced and released two records on his own AngloCentric Label - The Members fourth studio album Ingrrland and a solo album titled 21st Century Blues (Released as Jay Cee Carroll). He also released a single using the stage name jPad titled "Totally Obsessed".[9] He also wrote soundtrack music for Julien Temple's documentary London a Modern Babylon[10]

2013 saw The Members tour Australia and New Zealand, and Carroll continued to produce videos, notably a cover of David Bowie's "Where Are We Now?"[11]

In 2014, The Members toured the U.S. Carroll worked on soundtracks for 6 Bullets to Hell,[12] Hec McAdam,[13] Looking for Johnny.[14]

In 2016, Carroll completed production of The Members fifth studio album titled One Law. The album was released in conjunction with Cadiz Music and Carroll's label Anglocentric. This was the first Members album produced by Carroll. It featured Nigel Bennett on lead guitar, Chris Payne on bass, Nick Cash on drums, Carroll on various instruments and vocals. It also featured guest appearances by original Jam vocalist Steve Brookes and longtime Pink Floyd and David Gilmour bass player Guy Pratt on "Incident at Surbiton".[15]

1n 2020 Carroll published an Autobiography (Still) Annoying the Neighbours with the help of rock journalist Chris Salewicz and graphic artist Malcolm Garrett the book was well received in the press sold well.[16][17] He also composed music for director Julien Temple's on the Award-winning Shane MacGowan biopic A Crock of Gold [18]

In 2021 Carroll produced the Members 7th Studio Album "Bedsitland" with current members of The Members Nigel Bennett, Chris Payne, and Nick Cash who were joined by guests John Perry (the Only Ones) and Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd) [19] To Combat the Boredom of lockdown he began broadcasting from his studio a series of Live Streams Known as "Solitary confinement in the Suburbs" [20]

2022 Carroll takes part in a Radio Documentary about art in the Suburbs where Ian Hislop describes JC as "the TS Eliot of Punk" in his Radio 4 Programme "in Suburbia"[21]

Discography edit

JC Carroll discography

  • Streets - The Members, Beggars Banquet Records (1977)
  • Solitary Confinement - The Members, Stiff Records (1978)
  • Sound of the Suburbs - The Members, Virgin Records (1979)
  • At the Chelsea Nightclub - The Members, Virgin Records (1979)
  • 1980 The Choice Is Yours - The Members, Virgin Records (1980)
  • Casual Trousers - Fresh Records (1982)
  • Solidarity - The Children of 7 - Stiff Records (1983)
  • Uprhythm Downbeat - The Members, Arista Records (1983)
  • Radio - The Members, Island Records (1983)
  • Going West - The Members, Albion (1983)
  • Que Sera Sera Johnny Thunders, Jungle Records (1998)
  • The Rock Is in the Laptop - Anglocentric (2006)
  • New English Blues Volume 1 - Anglocentric (2007)
  • The Golborne Variations - Anglocentric (2008)
  • Live in Berlin: The Members - Anglocentric (2012)
  • 21st Century Blues - Anglocentric (2012)
  • Ingrrland - The Members, Anglocentric (2012)
  • One Law - The Members, Anglocentric (2016)
  • Country and Electronica- The Space Rangers, Anglocentric (2016)
  • Smartphone Junkie - The Members, Anglocentric (2018)
  • Greatest Hits: All the Singles - The Members, Anglocentric (2018)
  • West Byfleet Selfie - Anglocentric (2019)
  • Version - The Members, Cleopatra Records (2019)
  • Bedsitland - The Members, Anglocentric Records (2021)

Films edit

with scores or contributions by JC Carroll

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c writewyattuk (16 June 2018). "Going North, South, East and West with The Members – in conversation with JC Carroll". writewyattuk. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  2. ^ "JC Carroll of The Members performs Sound of the Suburbs". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Short Biog". jccarroll.com. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Blank Generation 19 - The Sound Of Nicky Tesco". Phoenix FM. 20 June 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  5. ^ "20 Questions: JC Carroll (The Members)". God Is In The TV. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  6. ^ "The Best 25 LPs of the Punk & New Wave Era". Record Collector. January 2003. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  7. ^ Johnson, Robert (14 September 2011). "Golborne Variations Wins Cherished Portobello Film Festival Award". prlog.org. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  8. ^ "501 Lost Songs". rocklistmusic.co.uk. August 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  9. ^ "Totally Obsessed with U – jPad". YouTube. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  10. ^ Dalton, Stephen (31 July 2012). "London: The Modern Babylon: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  11. ^ "Ashes To Ashes: A Compilation of David Bowie Covers by Various Artists". God Is In The TV. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  12. ^ "6 Bullets to Hell (2014)". imdb.com. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  13. ^ "Hector (2015)". imdb.com. Retrieved 1 June 2017. and
  14. ^ "Looking for Johnny (2014)". imdb.com. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  15. ^ Ranson, Gerry (12 January 2016). "The Members' Lesson in Law!". Vive Le Rock. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  16. ^ "Sound of the Suburbs – how one song shaped JC Carroll's life". The Irish Times.
  17. ^ "Still Annoying the Neighbours by JC Carroll - book review Still Annoying the Neighbours". 11 March 2021.
  18. ^ "Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan (2020) - IMDb". IMDb.
  19. ^ "The Members – Bedsitland | the Midlands Rocks". 22 March 2021.
  20. ^ "Brighten up LOCKDOWN – Enjoy live music streams". 11 May 2020.
  21. ^ "In Suburbia - Light and Shade - BBC Sounds".

External links edit

  • Official Website
  • The Members Official Site
  • Why Music Matters Blog
  • JC Carroll YouTube Page
  • The MembersYouTube Page
  • JC Carroll Acoustic trio Page
  • Golborne Variations on West London Film Network
  • Johnny Walker Interview BBC Sounds of the 70s
  • malcolm Wyatt article on JC Carroll
  • JC Carroll interviewed in Fuzzcast
  • Book review in Louder then War
  • How We made "Sound of the Suburbs - Dave Simpson - The Guardian
  • Book review in "Vive Le Rock" Hugh Gulland
  • Article in Irish Times on Autobiography

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folkYears active1974 presentWebsitehttp www jccarroll com Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 2 1 Films 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksBiography editJC Carroll was born in Camberley on 9 February 1956 and attended Salesian College in Chertsey Surrey 3 After playing in various school bands Carroll s first taste of serious music was a 1974 chance meeting in the Three Mariners in Bagshot 1 Surrey with pub rock pioneer and 1970s icon Graham Parker They recorded a two track 1 4 inch tape in Carroll s bedroom later to become known in Parker mythology as The Akai Tapes Parker went on to international acclaim and Carroll settled into life as a bank clerk living in a bedsit in Kilburn and writing songs on a battered acoustic guitar A chance meeting on a train with Nicky Ritz a graduate of Liverpool University sometimes insurance salesman singer and beat poet with a talent for self promotion led in 1977 to his being asked to join Ritz s band The Members 1 The Members first single Solitary Confinement which Carroll co wrote with Nicky Tesco was released on Stiff Records 4 In the spring of 1979 the Members released their UK anthem The Sound of the Suburbs which Carroll also co wrote This record went on to sell 250 000 copies in months 5 The track has been featured on hundreds of punk compilations The album At the Chelsea Nightclub gained critical approval and has been listed in Record Collector as one of the top 20 punk albums ever made 6 The Members recorded Offshore Banking Business a very early example of white reggae with a political message The Members then concentrated on the American and overseas market as they chalked up hits in America Working Girl and Australia Radio before becoming dormant in 1983 Carroll married Sophy Lynn in 1988 and they opened a boutique in Notting Hill Gate in London named the Dispensary The Dispensary later grew to four separate shops in Soho London and Notting Hill Gate The shop became a gathering place for the early acid house scene During this period he became more and more involved in the production and design of tee shirts then tailored clothing Without any formal training Carroll made trousers jackets overcoats shirts and leather jackets for the Dispensary JC and Sophy had two children Grace Ivana and Irma Rose and worked together until 2002 when they separated During the 1980s and 1990s Carroll concentrated on playing the accordion and mandolin and studying various European and ethnic music During this period he recorded music with Sex Pistol Glen Matlock and New York Doll Johnny Thunders playing both mandolin and accordion on Thunders version of Que Sera Sera A chance meeting with film music composer Michael Kamen led to Carroll s being asked to play accordion on Don Juan DeMarco featuring Marlon Brando and Johnny Depp In 2008 Carroll married his partner Sheila and re established The Members as a live and recording band with original bassist Chris Payne and new drummer Nick Cash temporarily replaced in 2010 by Rat Scabies of The Damned In 2009 Carroll recorded The Golborne Variations with Guy Pratt Nick Cash Chester Kamen Chris Payne and Jennifer Pearl Long term collaborator and producer David M Allen produced this album In 2011 Carroll shot and edited a movie with filmmaker Simon Godley titled The Golborne Variations This film premiered together with the first public performance of Golborne Variations at the 2011 Portobello Film Festival where it won a special prize 7 In 2011 New Musical Express NME listed two of Carroll s songs 1979 s Offshore Banking and 2009 s Caveman TV on a list of forgotten masterpieces 8 In 2012 Carroll produced and released two records on his own AngloCentric Label The Members fourth studio album Ingrrland and a solo album titled 21st Century Blues Released as Jay Cee Carroll He also released a single using the stage name jPad titled Totally Obsessed 9 He also wrote soundtrack music for Julien Temple s documentary London a Modern Babylon 10 2013 saw The Members tour Australia and New Zealand and Carroll continued to produce videos notably a cover of David Bowie s Where Are We Now 11 In 2014 The Members toured the U S Carroll worked on soundtracks for 6 Bullets to Hell 12 Hec McAdam 13 Looking for Johnny 14 In 2016 Carroll completed production of The Members fifth studio album titled One Law The album was released in conjunction with Cadiz Music and Carroll s label Anglocentric This was the first Members album produced by Carroll It featured Nigel Bennett on lead guitar Chris Payne on bass Nick Cash on drums Carroll on various instruments and vocals It also featured guest appearances by original Jam vocalist Steve Brookes and longtime Pink Floyd and David Gilmour bass player Guy Pratt on Incident at Surbiton 15 1n 2020 Carroll published an Autobiography Still Annoying the Neighbours with the help of rock journalist Chris Salewicz and graphic artist Malcolm Garrett the book was well received in the press sold well 16 17 He also composed music for director Julien Temple s on the Award winning Shane MacGowan biopic A Crock of Gold 18 In 2021 Carroll produced the Members 7th Studio Album Bedsitland with current members of The Members Nigel Bennett Chris Payne and Nick Cash who were joined by guests John Perry the Only Ones and Guy Pratt Pink Floyd 19 To Combat the Boredom of lockdown he began broadcasting from his studio a series of Live Streams Known as Solitary confinement in the Suburbs 20 2022 Carroll takes part in a Radio Documentary about art in the Suburbs where Ian Hislop describes JC as the TS Eliot of Punk in his Radio 4 Programme in Suburbia 21 Discography editJC Carroll discography Streets The Members Beggars Banquet Records 1977 Solitary Confinement The Members Stiff Records 1978 Sound of the Suburbs The Members Virgin Records 1979 At the Chelsea Nightclub The Members Virgin Records 1979 1980 The Choice Is Yours The Members Virgin Records 1980 Casual Trousers Fresh Records 1982 Solidarity The Children of 7 Stiff Records 1983 Uprhythm Downbeat The Members Arista Records 1983 Radio The Members Island Records 1983 Going West The Members Albion 1983 Que Sera Sera Johnny Thunders Jungle Records 1998 The Rock Is in the Laptop Anglocentric 2006 New English Blues Volume 1 Anglocentric 2007 The Golborne Variations Anglocentric 2008 Live in Berlin The Members Anglocentric 2012 21st Century Blues Anglocentric 2012 Ingrrland The Members Anglocentric 2012 One Law The Members Anglocentric 2016 Country and Electronica The Space Rangers Anglocentric 2016 Smartphone Junkie The Members Anglocentric 2018 Greatest Hits All the Singles The Members Anglocentric 2018 West Byfleet Selfie Anglocentric 2019 Version The Members Cleopatra Records 2019 Bedsitland The Members Anglocentric Records 2021 Films edit with scores or contributions by JC Carroll Urgh A Music War 1981 Don Juan DeMarco 1994 Loch Ness 1996 Hannibal Rising 2007 Straightheads 2007 Joe Strummer The Future Is Unwritten 2007 Stardust 2007 Virgin Territory 2008 Telstar 2008 Oil City Confidential 2009 Johnny English Reborn 2011 The Golborne Variations 2011 London Modern Babylon 2012 Looking for Johnny 2014 Six Bullets to Hell 2014 The Invisible Woman 2013 Hector 2015 Amar Akbar amp Tony 2015 The Marriage of Reason and Squalor 2015 Let Me Go 2016 Sad Vacation 2018 Suggs My Life Story 2018 We Are the League 2019 Crock of Gold 2020 See also editThe MembersReferences edit a b c writewyattuk 16 June 2018 Going North South East and West with The Members in conversation with JC Carroll writewyattuk Retrieved 29 July 2020 JC Carroll of The Members performs Sound of the Suburbs www bbc co uk Retrieved 29 July 2020 Short Biog jccarroll com Retrieved 1 June 2017 Blank Generation 19 The Sound Of Nicky Tesco Phoenix FM 20 June 2020 Retrieved 29 July 2020 20 Questions JC Carroll The Members God Is In The TV 7 November 2017 Retrieved 29 July 2020 The Best 25 LPs of the Punk amp New Wave Era Record Collector January 2003 Retrieved 2 June 2012 Johnson Robert 14 September 2011 Golborne Variations Wins Cherished Portobello Film Festival Award prlog org Retrieved 2 June 2012 501 Lost Songs rocklistmusic co uk August 2011 Retrieved 2 June 2012 Totally Obsessed with U jPad YouTube 20 December 2012 Retrieved 26 July 2014 Dalton Stephen 31 July 2012 London The Modern Babylon Film Review The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved 26 July 2014 Ashes To Ashes A Compilation of David Bowie Covers by Various Artists God Is In The TV 18 March 2013 Retrieved 29 July 2020 6 Bullets to Hell 2014 imdb com Retrieved 1 June 2017 Hector 2015 imdb com Retrieved 1 June 2017 and Looking for Johnny 2014 imdb com Retrieved 1 June 2017 Ranson Gerry 12 January 2016 The Members Lesson in Law Vive Le Rock Retrieved 1 June 2017 Sound of the Suburbs how one song shaped JC Carroll s life The Irish Times Still Annoying the Neighbours by JC Carroll book review Still Annoying the Neighbours 11 March 2021 Crock of Gold A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan 2020 IMDb IMDb The Members Bedsitland the Midlands Rocks 22 March 2021 Brighten up LOCKDOWN Enjoy live music streams 11 May 2020 In Suburbia Light and Shade BBC Sounds External links editOfficial Website The Members Official Site Why Music Matters Blog JC Carroll YouTube Page The MembersYouTube Page JC Carroll Acoustic trio Page Golborne Variations on West London Film Network Johnny Walker Interview BBC Sounds of the 70s malcolm Wyatt article on JC Carroll JC Carroll interviewed in Fuzzcast Book review in Louder then War How We made Sound of the Suburbs Dave Simpson The Guardian Book review in Vive Le Rock Hugh Gulland Article in Irish Times on Autobiography Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title JC Carroll amp oldid 1201491937, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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