Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Alvinisms

“The only disability in life is a bad attitude.”

- Scott Hamilton


So my internet sources have found me another amazing video and band. But it's not just the music that "Rudely Interrupted" plays that attracts me, but they're story is phenomenal as well. So before you read on, watch and listen.
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Five out of six of Rudely Interrupted's members are physically and/or intellectually handicapped. Lead singer Rory Burnside is blind and has Asperger's syndrome (but also has perfect pitch); keyboardist Marcus Stone has Asperger's and is 80% deaf; bassist Sam Beke has Down syndrome; drummer Josh Hogan is autistic and has some physical abnormalities; and percussionist Connie Kirkpatrick, aka “The Human Metronome,” has Down syndrome and is legally blind. The only “able bodied” member of the group is guitarist Rohan Brooks, a music therapist who came up with the idea of forming a band made up of some of his students.

-Alvinism of the Wildboyz

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