Rock n’ Roll emerged in the 1950s as America’s true first youth genre of popular music, where rebellion was key. Wildness was appreciated. The more outrageous the better.
This was especially true for hair. From Elvis’s pompadour to The Beatles’ “mop-top” haircuts, hairstyles have been a big part of rock n roll from the beginning and to this day.
Here are our choices for some of the best and wildest hair in the history of Rockdom.
5. Dee Snider
As the frontman of the 1980s hard rock band Twisted Sister, Dee Snider had some of the most iconic hair of the era. Sometimes he donned makeup and sometimes he didn’t, but the hair always stayed the same and does to this day.
Snider was so wild he even once testified before Congress to speak out against government censorship of rock music. It’s something he’s still remembered for to this day.
4. Mike Score of Flock of Seagulls
“And I Ran, I Ran So Far Away” was one of the biggest new wave hits of the 80s, and singer Mike Score’s mama probably had to run away the first time she saw her son’s weir… uh, interesting haircut.
That song along with “Space Age Love Song” were the band’s two major hits.
But let’s face it, people remember that haircut as much as the music!
3. Boy George of Culture Club
Culture Club had so many hits in the 1980s with their androgynous singer Boy George leading the way. He took the name Boy George because the way he dressed and acted, people often thought he was female, and this might be a different conversation today.
In one of their earliest hits “Karma Chameleon,” Boy George sings the line “I’m a man,” thoroughly confusing many MTV viewers four decades ago.
Boy George has been a man of many hairstyles over the years, but that 80’s mane of his will always be iconic.
2. Whitesnake’s David Coverdale
“Here I Go Again on My Own” was one of Whitesnake’s biggest hits among so many others. The husband of Tawney Kitaen in the 1980s, the sexy redhead was featured in so many of the band’s videos it’s hard to count.
But she was always right there along with her man David Coverdale, the singer with the long flowing hair that set a standard for what hard rock bands were supposed to look like.
1. Slash
Speaking of setting standards, Guns n’ Roses was arguably the most successful hard rock act to come from the LA Strip, elevating themselves far beyond what many referred as “hair band” music.
That said, guitarist Slash and his ominous black locks – combined with that ever present top hat – was the look most associated with what used to be called “the world’s most dangerous band.”
And to this day, Slash has never changed his hairstyle – and hopefully he never does!
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