Joel Quartermain (born 19 January 1977) is an Australian

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, back-up singer, recording drummer and pianist of the band

Eskimo Joe Eskimo Joe are an Australian alternative rock band that was formed in 1997 by Stuart MacLeod, on lead guitar, Joel Quartermain, on drums and guitar, and Kavyen Temperley, on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia, Aus ...

Early life

Quartermain spent a lot of his childhood focused on radio and tapes. In 1989, he moved to

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, where he attended

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Music career

Quartermain started playing in bands from the age of 12, forming an outfit called Hollywood Boulevard, shifting from keyboards to guitar along the way. This band then evolved into a

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band called Carpet, which consisted of Quartermain on guitar, bassist Simon Leach (Little Birdy) and Simon's brother

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on drums . They were subsequently joined by

Kavyen Temperley Satyam Kavyen "Kav" Temperley (born Finlay Beaton; 3 July 1978) is the lead singer, songwriter, bassist and occasional keyboard player of the Australian band Eskimo Joe. Early life and education Temperley was born in Mosman Park, Western Aust ...

on vocals, changing the name of the band again to Freud's Pillows. As Freud's Pillow they released an EP, ''Pleasure Puppy'' in 1997. Despite their modest popularity, Quartermain and Temperley were unhappy with the style of music being played by the band. Quartermain started wearing

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T-shirts in protest. Meanwhile, Temperley was jamming on a side project with former school friend Stuart MacLeod, who had co-written some of the songs for Freud's Pillow. The two unsuccessfully auditioned a number of drummers to join them eventually settling on Quartermain, the guitarist in Freud's Pillow, who they concluded was more musical than any other drummers they had auditioned. This side project, now called

, with MacLeod on guitar, Quartermain on drums and guitar, and Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, played its first public performance in August 1997 at the

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in a local heat for the

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, they proceeded to the state finals in Perth and then the nationals in Sydney. Quartermain initially played the drums for Eskimo Joe but moved to join on guitars in 2004, with the live drumming position being filled by a number of musicians.

Awards

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the

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(APRA). , - ,

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

, "From the Sea" (Finlay Beaton, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain) , Song of the Year , , - ,

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

, "Black Fingernails, Red Wine " (Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Kav Temperley) , Song of the Year , , - ,

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

, "New York" (Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Kav Temperley) , Most Played Australian Work , , - , rowspan="3",

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

, , rowspan="3", " Foreign Land" (Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain,

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, Kavyen Temperley) – Eskimo Joe , , Most Played Australian Work, , , - , Rock Work of the Year , , , - , Song of the Year , , , - , rowspan="2",

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

, , rowspan="2", "Love is a Drug" (Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Kav Temperley) , , Rock Work of the Year , , , - , Song of the Year , , , - , rowspan="1",

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

, "The First Time" (Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Kav Temperley) , Most Performed Rock Work , , -

Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition

The

Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition The Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition is an annual competition that "acknowledges great songwriting whilst supporting and raising money for Nordoff-Robbins" and is coordinated by Albert Music and APRA AMCOS. The competition awards a ...

is an annual competition that "acknowledges great songwriting whilst supporting and raising money for Nordoff-Robbins" and is coordinated by

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and

APRA AMCOS APRA AMCOS consists of Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS), both copyright management organisations or copyright collectives which jointly represent over 100,000 songwri ...

. It commenced in 2009. , - , 2009 , "Foreign Land" (Kav Temperley, Joel Quartermain and Stuart Macleod) , Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition , style="background:silver;", 2nd , -

West Australian Music Industry Awards

The

West Australian Music Industry Awards The Western Australian Music Industry Awards (commonly known as WAMis) are annual awards presented to the local contemporary music industry, put on by the Western Australian Music Industry Association Inc (WAM). History WAM was originally fo ...

(WAMIs) are annual awards presented to the local contemporary music industry, put on annually by the Western Australian Music Industry Association Inc (WAM). (wins only) , - , 2016 , Joel Quartermain , Best Record Producer , , -

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Quartermain, Joel 1977 births APRA Award winners Australian guitarists Living people Musicians from Melbourne Musicians from Perth, Western Australia 21st-century Australian guitarists People from Kew, Victoria People educated at Shenton College