Grindmother (born August 1948) is a Canadian grindcore singer.[1]
Her band's videos have been seen millions of times across the world and she has appeared on several TV and news programs.[2] Footage from a rehearsal in 2016 has been viewed over one million times on Facebook.[3][4] The name Grindmother is a melding of the grindcore subgenre and her grandmother personae.
Grindmother released her debut album, Age of Destruction,[5][6] in April 2016 which featured guitar by her son, Rain Forest, and drums by Tyson Apex. A live guitarist has been added to the band, with Forest handling live bass duties.[7]
She has been reported on extensively by both underground metal and mainstream media.[8][9][10] Vice Japan called her "a super idol of Vice".[11]
On July 26 of the same year, Grindmother released a cover of Sepultura's "Slave New World" via Decibel.[12] Sepultura noted the cover on their Facebook page saying, "Yesterday, in Brazil, we celebrated the Grandparents Day and look what we've found: a Slave New World version sung by a grandmother of 67 years old! She's from a grindcore band called The Grindmother. You can read a little bit more about The Grindmother in a article published by Decibel Magazine."
Grindmother has played live with her band 28 times so far, with dates in Germany, Japan, Canada and the US.