Zimmers – The 3000 Year Old Music Band

They are a British band with the oldest members in the world – Zimmers has the oldest singer Buster aged 100. The nomenclature is actually a derivation of Zimmer frame, which is a British name for a walking frame. Zimmers’ logo is believed to be a spoof of the Beatles’ logo carrying an image of the band walking across Abbey Road.

The band featured for the first time in a BBC television documentary, broadcasted on 28 May 2007, investigating on the feelings of isolation and confinement suffered by the country’s elderly people, as a part of BBC’s “Power to the People” series. Airing their grievances culminated in the group’s first single, “sticks it back to the society that has cast them aside”.

The band features Barry Foy with the drums at 69, the lead singer Alf Carretta is 90, Grace Cook at 83, Vera Welch at 80, Gillian (Deddie) Davies at 69, Jessie Thomason at 85 and others. With around 40 people in the band appearing on “My Generation” track and video, the total age of team adds up to 3,000 years. The Zimmers are all set to release their next single Prodigy’s ‘Firestarter’ in October.