Not crap for DeNiro (even though on the Taxi Driver DVD extras it was made clear that he had on an elaborate bald head wig with animal hair on it for the Mohawk). A few dedicated contributors to Wikipedia have pieced together a somewhat interesting article about the hairstyle.

I was going to post a thread titled "Things That Just Don't Go Together," and my first contribution was going to be "Mohawks and facial hair."

Mohawks and glasses don't really work either.

The 'hawk is hard to pull off. It can be done, but it's pretty tricky. Especially when you're over 25.

i'm 31 and it's still about the only haircut that i feel comfortable with. i just don't like the way hair looks on me otherwise. i keep it short and bleached and it suits me just fine. not crap.

It's just become so gentrified lately, what with dickhead Top Chef judges sporting them and all...

but, back in the day, I used to refer to people with mohawks at punk/hardcore shows as landsharks.

The MayorofRockNRoll wrote:but, back in the day, I used to refer to people with mohawks at punk/hardcore shows as landsharks.

that is pretty fuckin' funny.

i had a mohawk for a little while once. then i finished shaving my head.

John George Peppers wrote:

Yes...see...douchebags carry the torch...

It reminds me of a Vice magazine photo caption, where they said, "Dude, have you gone to a normal people's club lately? It's fucking scary. The guys all look like Italian black punks and the girls all look like a fourteen year old's version of beating off...."

Or something to that effect

Speaking of the liberty spikes and chicken heads... If "punks" spent as much time on sticking it to the man as they do on their hair and clothes, we'd have a real revolution going on. As it stands today, these chump kids are part of the problem. It's just a cry for attention and a way to act "real" and "old-school" in front of gullible teenagers. I know NO old-school punks that wear this antiquated hairdo with the exception of geezers who are getting paid to do so, or real burn-outs who act like shriveled kids.

While searching for pictures of Watty etc. to illustrate my point, I came across this poster for an Exploited show sponsored by Jack Daniels and Coca-Cola:



Ever get the feeling you're being exploited?

aaron wrote:oi!

mohawks = n/c
fauxhawks = very much c
jockhawks = see above
nastyhawks = yep

sums it up for me...

i'm 32 and it's still about the only haircut that i feel comfortable with. i just don't like the way hair looks on me otherwise. i keep it short and bleached and it suits me just fine. not crap.