What musician is credited with introducing the mullet hairstyle? Billie Rae Cyrus?

Khaos2639

davie bowie as ziggy stardust Apr 20 06, 2:58 PM

ToYsTeMpTer

Mike D of the Beastie Boys Apr 20 06, 3:10 PM

Hungwan

Are you sure it was a musician? James Polk had a lovely mullet http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/i_r/polk.htm Apr 20 06, 5:30 PM

dino335

I'd second Bowie -- but maybe Polk played the banjo? Definetly many mullets in the seventies way before Bestie boys and Billy Ray Cyrus! Apr 20 06, 5:54 PM

xfacilitatorx

Bowie did not have a true Mullet. No shave on the side and long on the top. Mullet (haircut) The mullet is a type of haircut. It is relatively short on top, longer at the back (at least to the shoulders), with the ears exposed. http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Mullet_%28haircut%29 http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Mullet_%28haircut%29 Apr 20 06, 11:32 PM

xfacilitatorx

History of said insult of a hair style. http://www.brownielocks.com/mullet.html http://www.brownielocks.com/mullet.html Apr 20 06, 11:35 PM

LOLA1160

a mullet is a elongated bi-level haircut. bowie works for me. there were a ton of musicians sporting a "M" way back though. Apr 21 06, 1:17 AM

Brainyblonde

The mullet became popular in the 1970s (in part due to the influence of English pop star David Bowie), but is known to have been worn long before then. Urban legends have it dating back to 19th Century fishermen, who wore their hair long in the back to keep warm - hence the term mullet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_(haircut) Apr 21 06, 6:57 AM

RaeRae55

Turns out it was David Bowie. Thank you all. Apr 28 06, 2:12 PM