The birth of the Grenadiers Band has been described to date from 1665, when each company had one soldier who had been instructed in playing the fife.

In 1685, Charles II allowed the band to maintain 12 "hautbois" (oboe) players.

[3] George II gave Handel the task of scoring the Music for the Royal Fireworks, most commonly performed with strings, for the king's own musicians, who were wind players from his foot guards.

[4] By 1794, instrumentation included a flute player and sixteen others, namely six clarinets, three bassoons, three horns, one trumpet, two serpents and one drums.

[6] The Band of the Grenadier Guards plays regularly at various events as part of the Massed Bands of the Household Division; it can be found in London performing at the following occasions:[7] Full dress uniform of the Grenadier Guards worn on ceremonial occasions as in the band or the Household Division includes a tall and heavy fur cap, called bearskin.