Mullet (haircut)
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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. However, ponytail is not a mullet. The mullet also goes by various nicknames, including Ape Drape, Camaro Cut, Shlong (Short-Long), Mudflap, Hockey Hair, ten-ninety, Tennessee Tophat and Kentucky Waterfall, Neck Warmer and Coupe Longueuil (Quebec French term meaning Longueuil-haircut). The popular phrase "Business in the front, party in the back" describes the look of the mullet. Mike D of the Beastie Boys is purported to have coined this word usage. Others credit Olympia, Washington's Jon "Quitty" Quittner and his mid-90's Hessian Obsession zines lampooning and celebrating heavy metal culture.
In the United States and Canada, the mullet is particularly associated with working-class rural men, fans of heavy metal music and ice hockey players. In the United Kingdom the mullet is most commonly associated with rural thugs, such as Craig Evans who attacked deputy Prime Minister John Prescott with an egg or Ian Botham. In Britain, the mullet is also popularly associated with Central and Eastern Europeans, particularly professional footballers. In Australia the hair cut is associated with Bogans and Australian rules football players, particarly those from the 1980s. In recent years, however, the mullet has enjoyed resurgent popularity among the hip set, probably due to its association with 1980s retro kitsch.
The German term for mullet is "Vokuhila," which stands for "vorne kurz, hinten lang" (short in front, long in the back).
In the 2000s, a number of web sites sprung up with photographs of people with mullets, often accompanied by mocking comments based on stereotypes of mullet-wearers.
Famous people who have worn a mullet
- David Bowie - used a mullet by early 70's, when characterized as Ziggy Stardust
- Richard Dean Anderson - star of MacGyver
- Laurent Brochard - French Professional Cyclist, winner of the 1997 World Cycling Championship
- Peter Clements - Gay 1980s Culture Journalist
- Billy Ray Cyrus - American country singer - incorporated the cutting of his famous mullet into an episode of his television series Doc
- Jason Gillespie - Australian Test cricketer
- David Hasselhoff - star of Baywatch and Knight Rider
- Jaromir Jagr - Hockey player
- Kevin Keegan - Football player in the 1970s, now a manager (N.B. He no longer has one)
- Ashton Kutcher - Occasionally has one
- Dennis Lillee - Australian Test cricketer
- Miyavi - Japanese Rock Musician and former member of the J-Rock band Dué le Quartz
- Dennis Miller - He had one through most of the '90s until he grew a beard
- Don Niam - star of Undefeatable
- Gérard Klein - French actor. Wore a mullet in the movie Diesel that is sometimes used as mockery against him.
- Brad Pitt - American actor
- Mel Gibson - American actor. Wore a mullet during the late 80's and Lethal Weapon series.
- Pat Sharp - Presenter on children's television in the United Kingdom
- Solid Snake - Star of Metal Gear Solid
- Naked Snake - Star of Metal Gear Solid 3 and villain of Metal Gear 2
- Latrell Sprewell - NBA Player, perfect example of a corn-row mullet
- Peter Stringfellow - aging London nightclub owner
- Jerry Trimble - in The Master
- Chris Waddle - 1980s Soccer player
- Brock Sampson - Character from the television show The Venture Brothers
- Kevin Nash - pro wrestler
- Shawn Michaels - pro wrestler
- Scott Hall - pro wrestler
- John Kruk - baseball player
- James Hetfield - musician; lead singer and lead guitarist for Metallica. Hetfield's cutting of his mullet was taken by many fans as a sign that he had sold out.
- hide - Japanese musician and former member of the J-Rock bands X Japan, Zilch and hide with Spread Beaver.
- Keith York - Drummer and Stunt Man
Many baseball players, professional wrestlers, and musicians wore mullets in the early 1990's.
External links
- Le site de la nuque (http://nuques.free.fr)
- Rate My Mullet (http://www.ratemymullet.com/)
- Mullets Galore (http://www.mulletsgalore.com/)
- Mullet Making A Comeback (http://www.askmen.com/fashion/trends_100/113_fashion_men.html/)
- The latest fashion: a hairy affair (http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/52662/)de:VoKuHiLa