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On Slate's Decoder Ring podcast, Willa Paskin discussed the etymology of the term, noting that Oxford English Dictionary credited the Australian Street Machine automotive magazine with the first published description of the term in 1992, predating Beastie Boys. The mullet is a hairstyle in which the hair is cut shorter at the front, top and sides, but is longer at the back.Īccording to the Oxford English Dictionary, use of the term mullet to describe this hairstyle was 'apparently coined, and certainly popularized, by American hip-hop group the Beastie Boys', who used 'mullet' and 'mullet head' as epithets in their 1994 song 'Mullet Head', combining it with a description of the haircut: ' number one on the side and don't touch the back, number six on the top and don't cut it wack, Jack.' They expounded on the subject at length in a six-page article entitled 'Mulling Over The Mullet' in Issue 2 (1995) of their magazine Grand Royal, offering a selection of alternative names for the cut, including 'Hockey Player Haircut' and 'Soccer Rocker'. Not to be confused with Hiplet (dance style). 'I'm going to keep rocking it until I go bald,' he said.'Hiplet' redirects here. Win or lose, Wilson said he'll be keeping his 14-inch long locks. The final round of voting closes at 11 p.m. (Wisconsin has the most mullets in the finals: five out of the 25 finalists.) Wilson, the only finalist from Minnesota, was a top vote-getter out of about 125 entries in earlier rounds of online voting.

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In his current contest, there are 25 finalists vying for a men's open title with a first prize of $2,500 plus men's grooming gear. 'People are open-minded to new modern mullets,' he said.īegola started staging online contests for best mullets for women, kids and best 55-and-older mullet. The timing seemed right during the pandemic when many of us weren't able to get regular haircuts. While there are plenty of beard contests, Begola said he didn't know of any best mullet contests. 'I think it's coming back with a vengeance,' said Kevin Begola of the hairdo that's also known as the ape drape, the beaver paddle, the neck warmer, the Camaro cut, the El Camino, the Kentucky waterfall, the Missouri mudflap, the hello Cleveland, the Canadian passport, the soccer rocker and the achy-breaky-bad mistakey.īegola is a Michigan men's lifestyle retailer who started holding best mullet contests last year. 'I think it's an old trend that's coming back.'Ĭurtis Wilson, the only finalist from Minnesota, was a top vote-getter out of about 125 entries in earlier rounds of online voting. 'Never have I gotten compliments on my haircut until I started growing a mullet,' Wilson said. He joined Facebook groups like ' The Mullet That Changed My Life' and ' S1K Mullets' and found fellowship with other mullet heads. 3 racing number.īut he discovered that the short in front, long in back haircut, once worn by everyone from David Bowie to Florence Henderson, 'more or less changed my life.'

His plan was to let his hair grow for three years because he's a fan of stock car racer Dale Earnhardt Sr., and his No. Wilson thought he would grow his brown hair long and then cut it and donate it to be used for wigs for other cancer patients. She lost her hair during treatment and had to get a wig. Wilson, who works dismantling cars at a junkyard, said he had shaggy hair as a hockey player in his youth and a buzz cut when he worked in construction as an adult.īut he started to grow a mullet about three years ago as a tribute to a great aunt who died of cancer.

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The 29-year-old resident of Austin, Minn., is a finalist in the USA Mullet Championships, a contest to determine who rocks the best version of the sometimes maligned, sometimes beloved haircut made famous by generations of relief pitchers, soccer players, pro wrestlers, televangelists and country western stars. Curtis Wilson's haircut is business in the front, party in the back and a contender for the best mullet in the country.

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