So ..... anyone ever had a mullett?

axisus

Probably the worst hairstyle ever! I have never been remotely fashionable so I never had one, but I knew people who did. They look unbelievably bad, how was that ever considered a good idea?????

jd0272

When I was 11. That was 30 yr ago so am exempt from shame.

octatonic

In Switzerland it never stopped being fashionable.

JohnPerry

Wasn't it an amalgam of two haircuts? The spiky post-punk of the early 80s married with Def Leppardish hair metal of the mid-to-late 80s? Like: "I'm still a bit rebellious but I'm also glam as all hell." Possibly just my theory. But a damn good one.

jd0272

JohnPerry;80780" said:

Wasn't it an amalgam of two haircuts? The spiky post-punk of the early 80s married with Def Leppardish hair metal of the mid-to-late 80s? Like: "I'm still a bit rebellious but I'm also glam as all hell." Possibly just my theory. But a damn good one.

Might o been. Me mam cut mine tho. Think it was a Darwinistic development of the mixing bowl technique.

littlegreenman

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Bellycaster

Yep, when I was 15 (1987), it wasn't a full on Paul King Mullet, but it would have still been classed as one. I gradually grew it out and I can tell you they were only "fashionable" depending on which school you went to.

They weren't fashionable in my school, but I was 6' 3" by the time I was 15, so I didn't get any "proper" hassle. 

Phil_aka_Pip

No. When I was a rebellious teenager I just grew my hair long. And for the most part, kept it that way ever since.

thermionic

I'm afraid I did, in 1985 just before I went to university. I quickly came to my senses and by the second term it was gone, to be replaced by a post-punk/indiekid flattop.

Lots of people had them then though, and most looked pretty cool!

Emp_Fab

I had a red mullet once.  Very tasty it was too.

viz

littlegreenman said:

http://bumperstickersinc.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/0/0/00566 Business In The Front Party In The Back.jpg

What the hell's a business party in the .. in the front-back?

Handsome_Chris

viz said:

What the hell's a business party in the .. in the front-back?

@Viz,

http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/steve-carell-pants-party-anchorman.gif

holnrew

Never. I had a "wedge" though. Mullets seem to be popular around here at the moment, on kids. I think it's disgusting.

Col_Decker

Mullets, the only hair cut that seemed to be adopted by the whole family

 

 

Emp_Fab

holnrew said:

Never. I had a "wedge" though. Mullets seem to be popular around here at the moment, on kids. I think it's disgusting.

Yeah, but you live in Newcastle-upon-1982.  Think positive... you've still got raves, the dot com bubble and dolly the sheep to come.

viz

@handsome_chris thanks for the clarification

ICBM

No, even though I was 16 in 1983… I had a John Taylor (Duran Duran) style, but that's not quite a mullet since it's not short at the sides. It did still require large amounts of hair stuff and mirror time though .

Flanging_Fred

Yeah, I was going for the Jason Newstead shaved at the sides thing but bottled it and ended up looking like Biily Ray Cyrus. A shameful addition to my lexicon of bad haircuts. It didn't last long though thankfully.

ICBM

Flanging_Fred said:

Yeah, I was going for the Jason Newstead shaved at the sides thing but bottled it and ended up looking like Biily Ray Cyrus.

As long as you don't have a daughter who thinks she's a rebel, it's OK .

bertie

in my twenties in the  mid 80s ?    did I have a mullet ?      of course   

bertie

octatonic said:

In Oz/NZ it never stopped being fashionable.

corrected for truth