Education
In 1989, he moved to Perth, where he attended Hollywood Senior High School.
In 1989, he moved to Perth, where he attended Hollywood Senior High School.
He spent a lot of his childhood focused on radio and tapes. Quartermain 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 European Parliament, Pleasure Puppy in 1997. Despite their modest popularity, Quartermain and Temperley where unhappy with the style of music being played by the band.
Quartermain started wearing You Am I T-shirts in protest. 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.
Quatermain initially played the drums for Eskimo Joe but moved to join on guitars in 2004, with the live drumming position being filled by a number of musicians.
