Where did the term Mullet (flate top or spikey on top, and long at the back) originate (and I don't mean 'stunned mullet')?

Son of The Household Cavalry

http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/01.18.01/cover/mullet2-0103.html may help or maybe not. Jan 12 03, 1:09 PM

Friar Tuck

I cannot find a definite reason and http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/southbank/pottery/3/mulling1.html has an explanation and also the following preamble: - There's nothing quite as bad as a bad haircut. And perhaps the worst haircut of all is the cut we call 'The Mullet'. You know the one we're talking about, the catastrophic coiffure Creem magazine once called the 'Bram Tchaikovsky '79 Cut', but you probably know it by another name. Indeed, 'Hockey Player Haircut', 'Soccer Rocker', 'Guido', 'Bi-level', 'Shag', 'Neckwarmer', 'Ape Drape', 'Sphinx', 'Hack Job', 'Lobster', Mud Flap', 'B and T' (Bridge and Tunnel), 'River Cut' (as in Colorado River), 'Safety Cut' (as in safe from parental/institutional disapproval), 'Boz'(from 'Brian Bosworth'), 'Schlong' (Short on the sides, Long in back), 'S and L Crisis' and 'Long Island Iced Tease' are only a smattering of the synonyms for the Mullet that we came across in our extensive research for this article. Some, like the Floridian slang 'Butt Cut', were strictly regional and sometimes inaccurate (Butt Cut, for example, used to refer to parting your hair in the middle). In any event, there are undoubtedly several other monikers for the Mullet that we're unaware of, so feel free to send us any additional aliases you may have and we'll print them in the next issue. In the meantime, sit back and enjoy our following presentation on the history, mystery and meaning of 'The Mullet'. Jan 12 03, 1:22 PM