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December 15th, 2009 at 3:03 PM
RATM: Raging Against The X Factor
Rage Against The Machine, ever-vigilant in their opposition to The Man, aren’t taking a break during the run-up to the holidays. Their latest system-bucking efforts come to us via the hit British television show The X Factor, whose current winner Joe McElderry is neck-and-neck with RATM for the UK’s coveted Christmas number one single spot — a serious feather in the cap across the pond. In all fairness, it was anti X-Factorists/Rage fans who started a Facebook campaign to get RATM’s 1992 single “Killing in the Name” to the number one spot, in an attempt to beat out the “Simon Cowell karoke act” that’s been monopolizing the coveted position since 2005. The killer thing is, in just two weeks the page has snagged nearly 60,000 fans, and has put “Killing in the Name” in the lead, eclipsing McElderry’s single “The Climb.”
RATM guitarist Tom Morello lent his Twitter voice to the cause today, likely spurred on by the fact that the campaign has also raised £20,000 for the UK charity Shelter. A champion of musical activism, Morello just released a two-song Live at Lime session in conjunction with Amnesty International, with all net proceeds benefitting Amnesty’s work around the world. So if you’re in the mood to rage, go buy “Killing in the Name” and help topple Scrooge Cowell’s Christmas number one empire. And then go download Morello’s stellar Live at Lime session. Power to the people!
image via RATM.com
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December 15th, 2009 at 3:44 PM { # }
The original facebook group actually got 800,000 members in two weeks but mysteriously vanished sunday night due to what facebook said is a “technical problem” so the group had to be created again
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December 15th, 2009 at 3:44 PM { # }
I want Rage to be Xmas number 1 ‘The Climb’ is such a weak song and it looks like RATM are bookies favorite to win check it out here http://bit.ly/5s0RD5
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December 15th, 2009 at 3:44 PM { # }
RAGE FOR NO 1. MY DAUGHTER TIGER ROX THIS YEARS WELSH V FACTOR WINNER FOR BEST MUSICIAN IS BACKING RAGE ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP! TAKE THE POWER BACK TODAY PEOPLE! DOWNLOAD RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
HAVE A VERY RAGING CHRISTMAS!;)X
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