Rage: 'Chart battle is dose of anarchy'

Rage Against The Machine star Tom Morello has described the campaign to make the band's 1993 hit 'Killing In The Name' the Christmas number one as a "little dose of anarchy".

The musician praised the British public for purchasing the song and insisted that music fans want more than being "spoon-fed some overblown sugary ballad" by Simon Cowell.

"This is a grass roots effort. It's nothing against the candidates or the guy that runs the show. Your country has such a great, rich history of cutting edge, exciting rebel music, whether it be the early Stones or Who, the Clash and the Sex Pistols or Prodigy and Muse," he told BBC 6 Music.

"I think people are just fed up of being spoon-fed some overblown sugary ballad that sits on top of the charts. It's a little dose of anarchy for the holidays, it's good for the soul.

"I don't think there is anything cynical about it. In the spirit of great rebel music, and all the best music is rebel music, they are taking up the torch for music in the UK. That top spot doesn't belong to anybody - any TV show or any '90s political rock band. Let the people decide."

According to midweek figures, Rage Against The Machine are currently 65,000 units ahead of Joe McElderry, but sales of 'The Climb' are expected to increase with its physical release today.

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