Ed Nimmervoll

Edward Charles Nimmervoll Eduard Nimmervoll (21 September 194710 October 2014) was an Australian music journalist, author and historian. He worked on rock and pop magazines Go-Set (1966–1974) and Juke Magazine (1975–1992) both as a journalist and as an editor. From 2000, Nimmervoll was editor of HowlSpace, a website detailing Australian rock/pop music history, providing artist profiles, news and video interviews. 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).

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

Rock magazines and radio Eduard Nimmervoll was born in Leonfelden, Austria, on 21 September 1947 to Eduard Franz (1918–1981) and Ludmilla ( Woitsch, 1921–2011) Nimmervoll, as the third of four children. His father was an Austrian Army sergeant (during World War 2), later a savings bank director and then teacher. He began compiling a national top 40 singles chart from 5 October 1966,

Author, editor and songwriter Nimmervoll authored, co-authored or edited a number of books, including Friday on my mind: a year by year account of popular music in the Australian charts in 2003. It was reviewed by fellow author Chris Spencer in 2004: quote|"Nimmervoll writes about the major artists for each year, weaving stories, anecdotes and incidental information making for an interesting read. The reader is able to pick the book up from the coffee table and turn to any page and be immersed in a particular period of our pop history." and post-grunge band Grinspoon. He co-wrote "Red-Headed Wild Flower" with Beeb Birtles for the Little River Band album Sleeper Catcher.

Health concerns and death Nimmervoll attended the ARIA Music Awards of 2013 on 1 December, where he "[passed] out for four minutes", raising concerns for his health. He received medical attention and, by 4 December, fellow former Juke journalist, Christie Eliezer, reported that Nimmervoll "was on the mend" and "is about to launch a new project soon".

Awards Music Victoria Awards The Music Victoria Awards are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2005.