CHINATOWN — Looking for something unique to do Monday night? Check out "The Grindmother" — a hardcore band fronted by a 67-year-old grandmother who shouts lead vocals for her son's band.
The woman, who goes by The Grindmother, first picked up a microphone in 2015 at the urging of her son during a rehearsal with a former band.
"He wanted me to go up into his studio there to do some screams into the microphone to see how it turned out," she told CTV News in December. "I asked him, 'What do I have to do?' He gives me a little bit of instruction, but basically just scream."
She said the "condition of the world" helped her to gather the force needed to shout the lyrics from the top of her lungs.
Having had fun with that first experience, she said she and her son started a band of their own and started recording more music.
Their music videos have since gone viral, even garnering the attention of metal icon Ozzy Osbourne.
At 8 p.m., Monday, the Ontario, Canada-based group will wail at Reggies, 2105 S. State St., as part of the band's first tour across mainly the United States and Canada. Tickets for the 21 and over show are $10.
