The Mullet Species

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The Mullet Species

The mullet is no longer just a hair-cut, it has spawned into a species that fits in the lower hierarchy of society. A mullet, by definition, is actually Any of various stout-bodied, edible fishes of the family Mugilidae, found worldwide in tropical and temperate coastal waters and some freshwater streams. What kind of lifestyles do the mullets live and what kind of stereotype do they develop from it? There’s more to a mullet than just a definition.
The traditional hair style of nobility and learned men, comprising of the short front, long back configuration. One common myth is that the Mullet hair style gets its name from the like-named breed of fish. Legend has it the fishmongers of Iceland cultivated the hair style to keep their necks warm and dry against the North Atlantic spray. Nothing could be further from the truth! The Mullet, has its origin in the ancient Palaces and Universities of Poland. Mullet is actually a compound word combining the words "mull" to ponder, and "et" a Polish suffix meaning eternally. Thus the Mullet gets its name from those who were forever engaged in intellectual processes.
The mullet, as this cut is properly and notoriously known, is perhaps the most derided hairdo on earth, at least among chic urbanites. It is the haircut preferred by the sort of people for whom coffee comes with doughnuts, not lemon twists -- country singers, high-school bullies, farm kids, hockey players, wrestlers, truck drivers, recent husbands of Elizabeth Taylor.
Thus, a mullet is no longer a haircut, but a species based on how society classifies them. For example, when someone walks down a street a points to the haircut, they don’t say “look at the person with the mullet”, its typically the haircut labels the person.Their stereotype developed mostly from the mid 70’s from the “butt-rock” era. Typical bands to represent a mullet are: Winger, Scorpions, Dio, Ted Nugent, The Marshall Tucker Band, Metallica (1990-present), Whitesnake, Def Leppard, Journey, Krokus, Accept, W.A.S.P., Van Halen, Sammy Hagar, Slash's Snakepit. Most of these cases are spouse abusers and drug addicts.
Given that the Beastie Boys have gone so far as to write a song called "Mullet Head" (featuring Adrock's first...

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...James Hettield of Metallica, who must have become tired of being told that he looked like The Cowardly Lion because he's gone and borrowed the burly Paramilitary Mullet long developed by bandmate Jason Newsted (who, in turn, has cut his hair normally). So while entire Mullet genres like Motley Crue-esque femme-metal have died off, whole new subcultures have mushroomed in their place -like cyberpunk, which unfortunately has very little to do with punk, at least as far as hair goes. In particular, one of the foremost sci-fi authors of our day, Bruce Sterling, has what eminent futurologist Dr. Erik Davis admits is "an egregious Mullet."
In conclusion, it seems as though mullets will never die out because there is society backlashing at those who have the mullet haircut. Trends usually die out to the point where they are made fun of, but it seems that this is becomed mocked and people keep the spirit alive even though it is such a negative stereotype. It seems as though it is so bad it’s given the fishes a bad name. Perhaps we should ignore the species and it may die off on its own. It is only up to us to do this, and let the mullet end itself.

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