[3][9][12] He wrote A kid called Troy: The moving journal of a little boy's battle for life in 1993,[13] and an unauthorized biography of INXS frontman Michael Hutchence in 1999.
[17] He became a singer for Perth pop groups, The Dynells (as a 14-year-old Applecross High School student),[18] The Dimensions and The Winstons, while working as a sales assistant at Pellew's Menswear.
[22] In September 1970, The Valentines were the first Australian band arrested for marijuana possession, each member received a fine of $150 and were put on a good behaviour bond.
[7][19] Lovegrove moved to Adelaide in 1970 as a journalist for a magazine, and by 1971 he was writing for Go-Set, Australia's first pop music weekly newspaper, as a gossip and information columnist.
[3] From 1977, Lovegrove helped develop and broadcast Australian Music to the World for Adelaide radio station, 5KA, and in 1978 produced a TV documentary of the same title.
[9] Lovegrove relocated to Melbourne, reported on youth issues for Nine Network's A Current Affair and produced The Don Lane Show in 1978.
[3] In 1981, Lovegrove moved to Sydney and became manager for rock band Divinyls,[3][9] he organised their transfer from WEA to Chrysalis and their first tours of the United States.
[25] Lovegrove had a minor role in the film, Monkey Grip (1982), with Divinyls' members Christina Amphlett and Mark McEntee supplying the soundtrack.
[25][26] As manager of Divinyls, he split his time between Sydney and New York City to promote them and during one of his many trips, Lovegrove met his future second wife, American-born actress Suzi Sidewinder.
The libel case was settled for an undisclosed amount by the book's Sydney and London publishers, and the UK newspaper The Mail on Sunday, which had serialised parts in April 1999.
His band, Mongrels of Passion, featured alongside Noiseworks and Rose Tattoo at the Bon Scott Statue unveiling in Fremantle in February 2008.
Mongrels of Passion, including Lovegrove and Tim Gaze performed at the 2008 Adelaide International Guitar Festival held on 29 November – 7 December.
[33] On 24 March 2012, Vince Lovegrove died, aged 65, in a car accident at Federal, near Bangalow, New South Wales, about 20 km west (inland) of Byron Bay.
[34] A preliminary police report on 25 March indicated that Lovegrove's Kombi Van left Binna Burra Road, rolled and exploded into flames between 1 am and 3 am the previous day.