‘True Pioneer’ Vince Lovegrove Dead At 64
News posted Monday, March 26 2012 at 12:00 PM.
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Australian music industry maverick Vince Lovegrove has died, aged 64.
Lovegrove, a former rock journalist, manager and musician, is believed to have been killed when his Kombi van rolled near Byron Bay between 1am and 3am on Saturday, The Daily Telegraph reports.
The news was confirmed by the Australian Recording Industry Association today via Twitter: “Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Aus music legend Vince Lovegrove, a true pioneer of our industry, he will be missed by all.”
Lovegrove was a founding member of The Valentines, sharing vocal duties with AC/DC’s Bon Scott, until they disbanded in 1970. He went on to write for Australia’s first pop weekly Go Set, managed the Divinyls and later Jimmy Barnes, and wrote an unauthorised biography about late INXS frontman Michael Hutchence called Shining Through, Torn Apart in 1999.
Lovegrove tragically lost his wife Suzi and son Troy to HIV. Their stories were told in two ABC documentaries, Suzi's Story and A Kid Called Troy.
A public memorial will be held in Sydney at date to be advised.
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My condolences to all who knew him and to those he helped along the rock n roll highway. I never knew the man, but knew enough about him to realise his significance in the Australian music landscape and history
well said arthurly. so sad that we never got a chance to do one of our Icons interviews with Vince. he would've had some amazing stories!
I, like every Australian old enough remembered watching Suzi's Story and the impact that heartbreaking story had. I only associated Vince then to his musical attachment after viewing this documentary, and have admired his brave stance every time his name crossed me. I cannot help looking at the picture above of Vince with Bon, and you would swear that he looked more like a rock star than his counterpart.
Yes, for one who suffered so much pain via the deaths of both wife and son, his untimely demise was a cruel twist of fate. If there is an afterlife, I sincerely hope he is with them now.
I remember watching the AIDS documetaries at school. They were very confronting. He was an especially brave man.
His greatest mis-step was the biography on Hutchence. It was cobbled together quickly and contained too many inaccuracies. Paula Yates virtually bankrupted him and the book was pulped in most countries.
I too wish that M+N had done an interview with him. I reckon he would have been a lot like Mark Opitz, heaps of great stories.