Given the question: Facts:   - years active: 1974 -- present    - birth name: jean-marie carroll    - genre: punk rock , reggae , folk music film music      - px|upright: 0.56    - notable instruments: accordian string electric guitar , stratocaster , 6 string electric vi , , baritone ukele mandolin , zither , mandola , 9    - name: jc carroll    - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist    - website: http://www.jccarroll.com/    - birth place: camberley surrey    - associated acts: the members   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jc carroll .
The answer is:
jean-marie `` jc '' carroll is an english composer , songwriter and musician of french-irish extraction .