Mullet(haircut) revisited.

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 11:44:06PM -0400, Sam Clements wrote:
> If there has been a cite prior to the OED 1994 Beastie Boys, I couldn't find
> it.
>
> A poster at the Straight Dope offered this post:
>
>    "First I remember seeing it here in north Texas was about 79-80, often
> bleached white and associated with button covered members only jackets,
> white dress shirts and thin black leather ties.
>
> Totally newwave fer shur dude!"
>
> I'm not really supposed to post that as a quote.  But knowing the SD, they
> want to get the real info.
>
> The poster struck me as more reliable than many.  I would take this at face
> value.
>
> All I meant to do by posting was to give a clue to a researcher who might
> still be trying to antedate the phrase beyond 1994.

Does the poster elsewhere claim that it was called a "mullet" at
that time? Or does s/he merely offer this as a date for the
hairstyle itself?

Jesse Sheidlower
OED