Inge Ginsberg, a 96-year-old woman from Vienna, has started a new adventure in her life. She is the lead in a death metal band called Inge and the Tritonekings.

Before the band, Ginsburg lived a very different life. She fled the Holocaust, ending up in a refugee camp, looked after a spy villa, and then after World War II, moved to the United States with her husband. She and her husband, Otto, worked in Hollywood writing music such as the song “Try Again” for Dean Martin as well as writing songs with Nat King Cole and Doris Day.

After her time in Hollywood, Ginsburg continued to express herself through writing poetry.

“You have to do something which makes you happy.”

– Inge, when speaking about her poetry

Lucia Caruso and Pedro da Silva, two members of her death metal band, encouraged Inge to turn her poetry into the lyrics for their music. Together, they have performed on “Switzerland’s got talent” and auditioned for “America’s Got Talent.”

“We keep doing this with Inge, cause we know this gives her energy. This keeps her alive.”

– Pedro da Silva

In her interview and short documentary “Death Metal Grandma” with the New York Times, Inge explains the importance of staying positive through all aspects of life, saying that she continued to smile when she was rich, poor, and through the Holocaust.

Inge is an excellent example for people of all ages to look forward to every day and to find excitement in life. She proves that no matter your age, you are not limited to do whatever dream of doing.

“Old age is a beautiful land. There’s total freedom. Old friends are mostly gone. Replace them with the young. They appreciate your stories of times gone by.”

- Inge

Watch “Death Metal Grandma” by the New York Times

Galant, L. (2018, July 17). Death Metal Grandma. Retrieved September 15, 2020, from https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000005990284/death-metal-grandma.html?action=click