Death Metal Grandma
August 13, 2018
Tess Murray
In the rapture of life and of living, I lift up my head and rejoice, And I thank the great Giver for giving The soul of my gladness a voice. In the glow of the glorious weather, In the sweet-scented, sensuous air, My burdens seem light as a feather They are nothing to bear.

In the strength and the glory of power, In the pride and the pleasure of wealth(For who dares dispute me my dower Of talents and youth-time and health?), I can laugh at the world and its sages I am greater than seers who are sad, For he is most wise in all ages Who knows how to be glad.

I lift up my eyes to Apollo, The god of the beautiful days, And my spirit soars off like a swallow, And is lost in the light of its rays. Are tou troubled and sad? I beseech you Come out of the shadows of strife Come out in the sun while I teach you The secret of life.

Come out of the world – come above it Up over its crosses and graves, Though the green earth is fair and I love it, We must love it as masters, not slaves. Come up where the dust never rises But only the perfume of flowers And your life shall be glad with surprises Of beautiful hours. Come up where the rare golden wine is Apollo distills in my sight, And your life shall be happy as mine is, And as full of delight.

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Although she may not look the part, 96 year old Inge Ginsberg is a rock star.  In fact, she’s both the songwriter and the lead vocalist of TritoneKings, a death metal group. She’s best known as Death Metal Grandma. 

Inge has a seriously remarkable story. She was born in Austria, but had no choice but to flee to Switzerland during World War 2 in order to avoid being persecuted for being Jewish.

She spent several years in a refugee camp after the war, and then she relocated with her husband to Hollywood where they began their new life together in America.

Inge began a career in the music industry and was composing songs for some of the biggest singers of the time.

However she started to get tired of all the Hollywood action and decided to change things up. She wanted to reinvent herself. Today, she is the vocalist on a death metal band.

She felt as though everything in Hollywood was fake, and grew frustrated and bored with it.  But she was a fighter, and rather than giving up. Inge became inspired by Pedro De Siva, who she would commonly collaborate with.  Pedro noticed that her writing about blood and death sounded just like death metal lyrics.

Despite her age, she decided to start a band with Pedro, and the rest is history.  Despite the genre of her music, Inge is a very happy, positive and optimistic person, saying that she smiled her way from poor to rich, and smiled her way out of the Holocaust.

There is even a documentary about Inge, titled Death Metal Grandma, which aims to teach people about the value of learning from our older generation.