Rage Against The Machine Win Means Huge Gains For Some Gamblers
Grammy Award-winning American rock band Rage Against The Machine has won the much coveted UK Christmas chart top spot thanks to its 17-year-old f-bomb loaded success “Killing In The Name.”
The band managed the feat thanks to an online Facebook campaign which protested against what they call X Factor guru Simon Cowell’s own brand of dull and faceless music as well as the hijacking of the music scene by generic pop acts. Although its scapegoat was talent show winner Joe McElderry with his song “The Climb”.
The 18-year-old performer was normally virtually ensured the number one, as previous XFactor winners had scored the last four Christmas chart toppers.
But husband and wife team Jon and Tracy Morter interrupted the yearly process with a very efficient Facebook campaign promoting a grassroots movement to put the Rage “Killing In The Name” to the top spot. This proved popular, with supporters downloading in excess of 500,000 copies of the track, 50,000 more than “The Climb” had been purchased.
While Cowell called the campaign cruel and stupid, the band members of Rage joined in the battle. Rage Against The Machine is the ultimate protest band, having partaken in several activities in the US. They have been known to voice their concerns about Guantanamo Bay as well as the American Republican Party, which Frontman Zack calls the power abusing party.
Even former Beatle and “X Factor” guest star Paul McCartney revealed his support for for Rage as he said their win would prove a point.
Meanwhile, British bookies had put Joe McElderry had number one, which means that the move has cost an apparent minimum of £1 million.
It’s been reported that some punters got 150/1 odds for ‘Killing In The Name’.
A coral representative for Coral told reporters that ‘Killing In The Name’ had originally kicked off with 150/1 odds to reach the Christmas number one over the track of X Factor winner McElderry ‘The Climb’.
Gary Burton of Coral said this represented the biggest Christmas upset in History, adding that now, things got interesting since the X Facto winners’ dominance of the past had sanitised the Christmas time betting event.