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An odd British campaign has popped up this season to protest manufactured musical culture. It was expected that the #1 single in the UK for Christmas week would be a track by Joe McElderry, winner of Britain’s hugely popular TV talent Contest “The X Factor”. To protest music industry trends of pushing one bland pop band after another, music fans started a Facebook group determined to make the Rage Against the Machine’s song “Killing in the Name” the #1 single for Christmas week in the UK. Seems like they’re doing a pretty good job of it, too.
Hear Rage’s take on the whole thing here.
UPDATE
Rage Against the Machine has now announced that if their single wins, they will play a “massive free victory gig in the UK”. Saturday’s sales will determine the winner.
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