The Kids of Widney High

The band consists of students with physical and cognitive disabilities on vocals, with the instruments played by non-disabled teachers and friends.As a result, the group often plays at a number of ska and pop punk shows, including a stint on the Vans Warped Tour.Such notable musicians as Kurt Cobain, Smokey Robinson, Jackson Browne, Marilyn Manson, and Adam Horovitz have all cited themselves as fans of the band.In 2005, the Kids of Widney High were featured in The Ringer, a comedy wherein Johnny Knoxville's character pretends to be developmentally disabled in order to fix the Special Olympics and gain financially through betting on it.They are chronicled in the feature-length documentary Act Your Age: The Kids of Widney High Story directed by Mathew Klickstein and Jesse Alba.
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