Joel Quartermain

Joel Quartermain was born in the Melbourne Suburb of Kew in Victoria Australia in 1977 and is the guitarist, back-up singer, recording drummer and pianist of the Australian band Eskimo Joe. He spent a lot of his childhood focused on radio and tapes. In 1989 he and His Family moved to Perth in Western Australia, where he attended Hollywood Senior High School. He 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 where unhappy with the style of music being played by the band. 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 '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 onto the nationals in Sydney NSW. Joel Quatermain initially played the drums for 'Eskimo Joe' but moved to join up with the Others on guitar in 2004, with the live drumming position being filled by any number of musicians. Successfully straddling mainstream commercial success, while managing to keep their Alternative Music roots secure, over their career, Eskimo Joe have racked up a list of impressive stats along with commercial recognition. Three of the band’s six albums debuted at #1 on the ARIA charts with the juggernaut 'Black Fingernails, Red Wine' shining for 62 weeks in the Top 50 Singles Charts and 'Foreign Land' bringing home 2 APRA Awards for Most Played Rock Song on Australian radio and Best Rock Song of 2010. Joel is now a Highly Respected Music Producer/Mixer/Engineer and Song Writer who Works mainly with Mushroom Music in Australia, He is best known for His work with Australian Vocalist 'Meg Mac' and recently relocated from Perth to Melbourne with His Wife Sarah to further this part of His career. His Recording Studio is called 'Wastelands' after the Independently Released Eskimo Joe Album and it is here He does most of His Producing Work inside its 3 Separate Studio Spaces. Most Recently He has worked with Lola Scott and Produced Her Top Selling Single 'Warzone Of The Suburbs'. Like All of the Other Band Members of Eskimo Joe, they are Part of the Violence Against Women Scheme in Australia, and He is an 'Ambassador' for the 'White Ribbon' Charity and Domestic Violence Support Group. JOEL QUARTERMAIN – DISCOGRAPHY (Up to 2019) YEAR - ARTIST - TITLE 2019 - Lola Scott - Warzone Of The Suburbs 2016 - Dustin Tebbutt - Wooden Heart 2016 - The Lonely Rivals - Save It For Tomorrow 2016 - Elli Schoen - Hard Heart 2016 - Morgan Bain - Summed It Up 2016 - Carãvana Sun - Guerrilla Club 2016 - ELKI - Thunder 2016 - ELKI - Sirens 2016 - W.A.M - Sounds Of The Goldfields 2016 - Josh Johnstone - Call In Whispers 2016 - Valentine - Vampire 2016 - Fieu - Impossible 2015 - Teischa - Couldn’t Care Less 2015 - Morgan Bain - Why Don’t You Stay (Producer, Engineer And Mixer) 2015 - Timothy Nelson & The Infidels - My Luck (Producer And Engineer) 2015 - Pete Byfield - 1 2015 - Lucy Peach - Be So Good 2015 - Fieu - Running 2014 - Meg Mac - Meg Mac EP (Co Writer, Producer, Engineer, Mixer And Performed on it as a 'Session Musician') 2014 - Morgan Bain - What You Believe EP 2014 - Custom Royal - Supernaut EP 2014 - Timothy Nelson & The Infidels - Terror, Terror, Hide It, Hide It (Producer And Engineer) 2014 - Meg Mac - Every Lie (Co Writer, Producer, Engineer, Mixer And Performed on it as a 'Session Musician') 2013 - Meg Mac - Known Better (Co Writer, Producer, Engineer, Mixer And Performed on it as a 'Session Musician') 2013 - The Chemist - Silver And Gold (Producer And Engineer) 2012 - Morgan Bain - Morgan Bain EP 2011 - Steve Parkin - Mighty Big Light ( Producer) 2011 - Eskimo Joe - Ghosts Of The Past (Produced Album With Other Band Members, Mixed Some Songs Alone as well as Performing on it) 2010 - The Chemist - Lullabies EP (Producer And Engineer) 2010 - The Chemist - The Wolves Howls Shatter The Old Glass Moon EP (Producer And Engineer) 2006 - Eskimo Joe - Black Fingernails Red Wine (Produced and Performed on it) 2004 - Eskimo Joe - A Song Is A City (Executive Producer And Performed On It) 2004 - Steve Parkin - Sandytown 2004 - End Of Fashion - Love Comes In 2004 - Little Birdy - This Is A Love Song EP (Producer) 2003 - Little Birdy - Little Birdy EP (Producer)