 Early in their career , Madness were linked to skinheads ; members of a British working @-@ class subculture that the media often stereotyped as racist ( although many skinheads , including the original generation , are non @-@ racist or anti @-@ racist ) . Not only was Madness , along with other 2 Tone bands , popular with skinheads , but it was said that the band members themselves were associated with the subculture . 
