<P> According to the Oxford English Dictionary , use of the term mullet to describe this hairstyle was `` apparently coined , and certainly popularized , by U.S. hip - hop group the Beastie Boys '' , who used `` mullet '' and `` mullet head '' as epithets in their 1994 song `` Mullet Head '' . The term `` mullet head '' had previously always or nearly always been used to refer to a person of dubious intelligence , e.g. as in the movie Cool Hand Luke , where defeated villains had been referred to as `` mullet heads '' . </P>
<P> According to the Oxford English Dictionary , use of the term mullet to describe this hairstyle was `` apparently coined , and certainly popularized , by U.S. hip - hop group the Beastie Boys '' , who used `` mullet '' and `` mullet head '' as epithets in their 1994 song `` Mullet Head '' . The term `` mullet head '' had previously always or nearly always been used to refer to a person of dubious intelligence , e.g. as in the movie Cool Hand Luke , where defeated villains had been referred to as `` mullet heads '' . </P>
where did the mullet haircut get its name
where did the mullet haircut get its name
U.S. hip - hop group the Beastie Boys ''
U.S. hip - hop group the Beastie Boys ''