With summer in full swing, those so-called children of mine are under the impression that they deserve to be taken out to the park, swimming, etc. I haven't gotten a chance to post today, and the rest of the week is looking pretty full already, so I'm going to beg off for a few days. I'll be back soon, and I even have a pretty good mullet in mind for next Monday.
My apologies for any lameness...
From Billboard:
Yes, it's about time that David Bowie was featured on New Mullet on Monday, his early '70s hairstyle having been called ...one of the first benchmark mullets of rock history. Bowie is featured in the book The Mullet: Hairstyle of the Gods, the Amazon.com review of which says, ...little did anyone know that David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust look would begin a mullet-mania which was destined to reach its pinnacle in the 1980's--anyone who was anyone in the world of rock music, sport and fashion wore a mullet of some kind and this book contains ample (damning) photographic proof of its popularity.
Thank you, David Bowie!
By the late '70s, Bowie's mullet had been tamed, but was still around. Here's the video for D.J., from the 1979 album Lodger.
Links:
DavidBowie.com
The David Bowie Official MySpace Page
From Billboard:
All apologies for the lack of mullet yesterday. I took a long weekend to visit family in the Intermountain West, and didn't even get a chance to post a note about my absence.
But we do have a mullet today, and it belonged to Rolo McGinty of The Woodentops, a critically acclaimed British band, originally active from 1983-1992.
Kevin Hunter, lead singer and guitarist of Wire Train, had a mullet, and in the video for I'll Do You, is even seen primping it...
Since it has been at least a couple of weeks since the last Lost and Found Video was posted, it is only appropriate to bring you a couple of videos this week. Rest assured that I am feeling a tremendous amount of shame.
The Housemartins formed in 1983 in Hull, England. According to Wikipedia, The band often referred to themselves as "the 4th best band in Hull". (The three bands that were "better" were Red Guitars, Everything but the Girl, and The Gargoyles.) The band officially achieved success in the summer of 1986, when the single Happy Hour charted at #3 in the U.K. Subsequently, the album London 0 Hull 4 climbed to #3 on the U.K. album charts.
Props to Mel for allowing me to be part of the CAB team! I hope to contribute timely tidbits on all the comings and goings of our fave 80s indie artists. While hardly an encyclopedic resource on the genre, I do have an unyielding fondness for the era. I also host a weekly radio show called the 80s Underground. For a little more history and perspective, please visit my Blog...
cheers for now,
Jeff
This weeks recovering-mullet-wearers are Sting and Andy Summers of The Police, who, in the Synchronicity years, unabashedly wore mullets. At times, Stewart Copeland may have come close, but his ears were normally not visible, so he gets a pass.
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