ɪnðɪ ˈɜːli nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti z ðə sˈɪŋɚ dˈeɪvɪd bˈoʊi pˈɑːpjʊlɚɹˌaɪzd ðə sˌoʊkˈɔːld "zˈɪɡi kˈʌt", ɐn ˈɔɹɪndʒɹˈɛd fˈɔːɹm ʌv "mˈʌlɪt" ɐsˈoʊsɪˌeɪɾᵻd wɪððə ɹˈæðɚɹ ændɹˈɑːdʒɪnəs ˈɪmɪdʒ ðæt hiː pɹəmˈoʊɾᵻd θɹuː hɪz ˈælbəmz ðə ɹˈaɪz ænd fˈɔːl ʌv zˈɪɡi stˈɑːɹdʌst ænd ðə spˈaɪdɚz fɹʌm mˈɑːɹz nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti tˈuː ænd ɐlˈædɪn sˈeɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti θɹˈiː.
In the early 1970s the singer David Bowie popularized the so-called "Ziggy cut", an orange-red form of "mullet" associated with the rather androgynous image that he promoted through his albums The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972) and Aladdin Sane (1973).