good question... I'm not sure I would consider UR to be a 'politically active' group per se – certainly not in the same way that a group like Rage Against the Machine were. From my perspective, Mike Banks and the rest of UR had/have a strict set of ideals and methods regarding how they present their music and how they conduct themselves professionaly; and they stuck to these methods rather than 'selling out' to a more accepted, global marketing approach. Dare I say it became ironic when the very techniques used to mask their identies became an identity?