Ed Nimmervoll

Ed Nimmervoll
BornEdward Charles Nimmervoll
(1947-09-21)21 September 1947
Austria
Died10 October 2014(2014-10-10) (aged 67)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • editor
  • author
  • music historian
Period1966–2012
SubjectRock music
Notable worksFriday on my mind: a year by year account of popular music in the Australian charts

Edward Charles Nimmervoll (21 September 1947 – 10 October 2014[1]) was an Australian music journalist, author and historian. He worked on rock and pop magazines Go-Set (1966–1974) and Juke Magazine (1975–92) both as a journalist and as an editor.[2] From 2000, Nimmervoll was editor of HowlSpace, a website detailing Australian rock/pop music history, providing artist profiles, news and video interviews.[3] He was an author of books on the same subject and co-authored books with musicians including Brian Cadd (early history of Australian rock) and Renée Geyer (her autobiography).[4]

At the Music Victoria Awards of 2014, Nimmervoll was inducted into the Music Victoria Hall of Fame.[5]

  1. ^ "The emerging years". Music Australia. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  2. ^ "Go-Set Australian charts". Pop Archives. 5 October 1966. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  3. ^ "Howlspace: the living history of our music". Music Australia. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  4. ^ "Ed Nimmervoll profile". Music Australia. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 May 2008.
  5. ^ "Previous Winners". Music Victoria. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2020.