Stuart MacLeod (musician)

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Stuart MacLeod
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Background information
Birth nameStuart Leslie MacLeod
Born (1977-04-10) 10 April 1977 (age 46)
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Genres Alternative rock
Occupation(s)Musician, singer, songwriter, guitarist
Years active1995present
Labels

Stuart Leslie MacLeod (born 10 April 1977) is the guitarist and backup singer of the Australian band, Eskimo Joe. He lives in Fremantle, Western Australia. When he was seven he lived next door to Kavyen Temperley and they have been best friends for years. [1] MacLeod and Temperley attended John Curtin Senior High School together. [1] MacLeod then went on to study Engineering and Commerce at the University of Western Australia. In 1997 MacLeod started jamming with Temperley, who was in a band, Freud's Pillow. MacLeod co-wrote several Freud's Pillow's songs. [1] The pair decided to form a new band and auditioned a few drummers before settling on Joel Quartermain, who was a guitarist in Freud's Pillow, but had mentioned he also played drums. MacLeod and Temperley decided Quartermain was more musical than any other drummer they had auditioned. [2] They then entered the band, Eskimo Joe, into the Australian National Campus Band Competition. The first heat in August 1997 was Eskimo Joe's first performance, [1] they went on to win the state final and then the national competition, the reward being a chance to play at the Livid Festival together with a recording session in Sydney.

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MacLeod announced his engagement to his fiancée Gen at the 2005 ARIA Awards [3] and they were married in December 2006. [4]

Equipment

Stuart uses various Fender Telecaster guitars, a black Yamaha AES1500B guitar and has used Fender, Vox, and now currently uses Hiwatt and Badcat amplifiers.

Current Effects Pedals

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2005 "From the Sea" (Finlay Beaton, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain)Song of the Year [5] Nominated
2007 "Black Fingernails, Red Wine " (Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Kav Temperley)Song of the Year [6] Nominated
2008 "New York" (Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Kav Temperley)Most Played Australian Work [7] Nominated
2010 "Foreign Land" (Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Steve Parkin, Kavyen Temperley) – Eskimo JoeMost Played Australian Work [8] Won
Rock Work of the Year [8] Won
Song of the Year [9] Shortlisted
2012 "Love Is a Drug" (Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Kav Temperley)Rock Work of the Year [10] Nominated
Song of the Year [11] Shortlisted

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. [12]

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2009 [13] "Foreign Land" (Kav Temperley, Joel Quartermain and Stuart Macleod)Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition2nd

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