>Oi bands are a dime a dozen; apart from their tribal
>base, do they truly affect the larger culture?
I'd say they do. I believe The Police opened for Skrewdriver on a few occasions, and the German band Bohse Onklez have a wide audience across their own country and aborad.
Skrewdriver wasn't overtly racist then and I understand the Onkelz' politics are a matter of contention (I don't speak German), but these bands' core audiences are a bit far to the right.
In the end, though, your hunches are likely spot-on. Oi bands in the US are probably disproportionately anti-racist, I'd think. Country seems to be a more popular oulet for retrograde songwriting.
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