Letter: ‘Skinhead’ bands without skinheads

A reader’s letter has reached us last week:

“Hey guys, first of all: I love your blog! Keep up the good work!

I got a question: there are quite some bands out there mocking the skinhead subculture, some bands do it with style like Hard Skin, but some are quite annoying like Oidorno. But there’s this new phenomenon coming from the hardcore scene with bands like “Conservative Military Image” and “Skinhead” (!) with not one single skinhead in the band but they make it their whole topic. Me and some friends are left in the dark about this. So I decided to ask your opinion about this, since you are the last defenders of the cult!”

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