Vince Lovegrove

Vince Lovegrove
Born
Vincent James Lovegrove

(1947-03-19)19 March 1947
Claremont, Western Australia[1]
Died24 March 2012(2012-03-24) (aged 65)
Bangalow, New South Wales, Australia
Years active1966–2012
Spouse(s)Helen Corkhill (m. 1972–1979)
Suzi Sidewinder (m. 1985–1987)
Caroline Thompson (m. 1994–1997)
Musical career

Vincent James Lovegrove (19 March 1947 – 24 March 2012)[1][2] was an Australian musician, journalist, music manager, television producer and AIDS awareness pioneer.[3] He was a member of 1960s rock 'n' roll band The Valentines, sharing vocals with Bon Scott whom he later introduced to heavy rock group AC/DC.[3][4][5] As a journalist, he wrote for Australia's teen music newspaper Go-Set from 1971,[3][6][7] and was based in London for Immedia! from 1994 for over eight years.[8] As a manager, his former clients include pub rock singer Jimmy Barnes and rock group Divinyls.[3][9][10]

Both his second wife, Suzi Sidewinder, and their son, Troy Lovegrove, died of HIV/AIDS; each was the subject of documentaries by Lovegrove, Suzi's Story (1987) and A Kid Called Troy (1993)[11] respectively, which were telecast on Australian TV and internationally.[3][9][12] He wrote A kid called Troy: The moving journal of a little boy's battle for life in 1993,[13] and an unauthorized biography of INXS frontman Michael Hutchence in 1999.[14][15]

Lovegrove died in a car accident near Byron Bay, New South Wales on 24 March 2012.[16]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference birth was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Baker, Glenn A. (27 March 2012). "Obituary: Vincent Lovegrove – Topped industry's all-rounder charts". WAtoday. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'The Valentines'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 30 September 2004. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
  4. ^ "The Valentines". Australian Rock Database. Magnus Holmgren. Archived from the original on 8 January 2001. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
  5. ^ Crawford, Jeff (3 December 2008). "Vince Lovegrove: the man who helped turned AC/DC on". Portside Messenger. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  6. ^ Kent, David Martin (September 2002). The place of Go-Set in rock and pop music culture in Australia, 1966 to 1974 (PDF) (MA). Canberra, ACT: University of Canberra. p. viii, 26, 57. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2015. NOTE: This PDF is 282 pages.
  7. ^ "Fraternity Sydney/Adelaide/UK 1970–73". MILESAGO: Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964–1975. Milesago. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  8. ^ Lovegrove, Vincent (30 July 2002). "Lovegrove's Ear on London". Immedia! (317). In Music & Media. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  9. ^ a b "Australian Music to the World preserves the best of Australian popular music from the 1960s and 70s". Screen Australia. Government of Australia. Archived from the original on 13 July 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  10. ^ "Mongrels of Passion AUS – Artists – Adelaide International Guitar Festival 2008". Adelaide Festival Centre. 29 November 2008. Archived from the original on 15 September 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
  11. ^ "A Kid Called Troy". Screen Australia. Government of Australia. Retrieved 2 May 2009.[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "THE AUSTRALIAN CINEMA – AN OVERVIEW". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Government of Australia. January 1989. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  13. ^ Lovegrove, Vincent (1993). A kid called Troy: The moving journal of a little boy's battle for life. Sydney, NSW: ABC Books for Australian Broadcasting Corporation. ISBN 978-0-7333-0346-3.
  14. ^ Lovegrove, Vincent (1999). Michael Hutchence : shining through, torn apart. London, UK: Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-20021-4.
  15. ^ Lovegrove, Vincent (1999). Michael Hutchence: a tragic rock 'n' roll story – a definitive biography. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-86448-894-4.
  16. ^ Cashmere, Paul (26 March 2012). "Vince Lovegrove Family Releases Statement". Noise 11. The Noise Network (Paul Cashmere, Ros O'Gorman).