Stuart MacLeod

Who is Stuart MacLeod?

Stuart MacLeod from Scottish/English heritage is the guitarist and backup singer of the Australian band Eskimo Joe. He lives in South Fremantle, Western Australia. When he was seven he lived next door to Kavyen Temperley and they have been best friends for years. Temperley and MacLeod both attended John Curtin Senior High School. MacLeod then went onto to study Engineering/Commerce at the University of Western Australia. In 1997 Temperley, who was in a band, Freud's Pillow, started jamming with MacLeod as a side-project. MacLeod having co-written several Freud's Pillow songs. They 'auditioned' a few drummers before settling on Joel Quartermain, who was actually a guitarist Freud's Pillow, but had mentioned he played drums, so he tried out and they concluded he was more musical than any other drummers they had auditioned. They then entered the band, Eskimo Joe, into the Australian National Campus Band Competition. The first heat in August 1997 was Eskimo Joe's first performance, they went on to win the state final and then the national competition, the reward being a chance to play at the Livid Festival together with a recording session in Sydney.

MacLeod announced his engagement to his fiancée Gen at the 2005 ARIA Awards and they were married in December 2006. He has two children, twins, Rose and Harry, born in 2008.