The band's 1992 release Killing In The Name was adopted by music fans who were determined to keep the eventual X Factor winner off the top spot in the UK singles chart. The campaign used Facebook and other social networking sites to spread the word and interest in the mainstream press saw Rage clinch the Christmas No.1 outselling Joe McElderry's version of The Climb by about 50,000 copies.

"A historic grassroots rebellion made our song Killing in the Name the ...