Joel Quartermain

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Field	Value
name	Joel Quartermain
image	Joel Quartermain - Eskimo Joe.jpg
caption	Quartermain performing at Live At The Chapel in November 2011
image_size	250
background	solo_singer
birth_name	Joel Quartermain
birth_date
birth_place	Kew, Victoria, Australia
genre	Alternative rock
occupation	Musician, singer, songwriter, drummer, guitarist
years_active	1995–present
label
current_member_of	Eskimo Joe
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Early life

Quartermain spent a lot of his childhood focused on radio and tapes. In 1989, he moved to Perth, Western Australia, where he attended Hollywood Senior High School.

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 funk band called Carpet, which consisted of Quartermain on guitar, bassist Simon Leach (Little Birdy) and Simon's brother Stuart on drums . They were subsequently joined by Kavyen Temperley 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 You Am I 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.

::quote We always used to say in interviews that we liked Joel because he couldn't play the drums. Of course he can, but he didn't play drums like a drummer. He wasn't piss-farting around on a high-hat. ::

This side project, now called Eskimo Joe, 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 University of Western Australia in a local heat for the National Campus Band Competition, 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 Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).

|- | 2005 | "From the Sea" (Finlay Beaton, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain) | Song of the Year | |- | 2007 | "Black Fingernails, Red Wine " (Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Kav Temperley) | Song of the Year | |- | 2008 | "New York" (Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Kav Temperley) | Most Played Australian Work | |- | rowspan="3"|2010 || rowspan="3"|"Foreign Land" (Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Steve Parkin, Kavyen Temperley) – Eskimo Joe || Most Played Australian Work|| |- | Rock Work of the Year || |- | Song of the Year || |- | rowspan="2"| 2012 || rowspan="2"| "Love is a Drug" (Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Kav Temperley) || Rock Work of the Year || |- | Song of the Year || |- | rowspan="1"| 2025 | "The First Time" (Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Kav Temperley) | Most Performed Rock Work | |-

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. 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 (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

McNeill, Sarah. (2004-12-29). "Eskimo Joe's on a roll". [[Post Newspapers]].
Gordon, Bob. (November 2017). "Eskimo Joe's New Clothes". [[Rolling Stone Australia]].
Murphy, Lauren. (28 October 2008). "Interview with Eskimo Joe". entertainment.ie.
"Nominations 2005". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).
"Nominations for Song of the Year – 2007". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).
"Most Played Australian Work - 2008". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).
"2010 Winners". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).
(18 March 2010). "Voting Now Open For APRA's Song of the Year Award".
(2012). "Nominations > Rock Work of the Year – 2012". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | [[Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society]] (AMCOS).
(22 March 2012). "APRA Announce Star-Studded Song of the Year Top 30".
(2 April 2025). "2025 APRA Music Awards Nominees Include Kevin Parker, King Stingray, Missy Higgins, Tones And I, and Troye Sivan".
"About the Vanda Young Global Song Writing Competition".
"Past Winners".
(2016). "WAMAwards 2016 Winners Announced".

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