Undercut hairstyle and hipster haircuts instead of long hair in Heavy Metal culture?

With this website we are trying to bridge the long hair men culture of heavy metal with heavy metal itself. Back in the 1990s, long hair in all its glory was a must for heavy metal goers and it kept itself like that throughout the 2000s too. However over the last 3 years, we have seen a kind of hairstyle entering our long hair culture, and that is the undercut hairstyle.

Enter the undercut hairstyle

Now for those of you long hair guys, an undercut hairstyle is a type of hairstyle where a haircut is down in a bowl cut so the hair at the top of the head is long while the sides of the head, including the back, are shaved or buzzed. Usually the undercut hairstyle is reserved for stupid hipsters and yuppies but the undercut and similar hipster hairstyles have entered the heavy metal scene.

I blame Skrillex for the long hair undercut

Some of you will know Skrillex. He is that hipster with long hair and an undercut. He used to play heavy metal and rock before he moved into making noise, or as it has been dubbed, dub-step. For some mysterious reason, the new age heavy metal fans have adopted those hipster haircuts and undercut hairstyles like it’s going out of business.

Is heavy metal going the hipster way?

Had you asked me this same question in the mid 2000s, I would have said that our heavy metal fan base was strong enough and diversified enough to kick out any hipsters and yuppies. However, we all grow older, get jobs, get married, have children and we stop going to gigs. The kids who replace us are those who are in an era of Youtube, Porntube, Facebook and Xbox 360 live. These kids will listen to a Metallica song on their hipster Iphones and the next song will be a Skrillex track.

I seriously believe that long hair is being lost in heavy metal, and hence this website I have built to recreate the long hair and heavy metal union. Seriously, the hipster mentality and fashion is creeping into heavy metal and last time I went to a gig I lost count of how many guys had short hair. In fact the most common hairstyle was the slicked back undercut (yeah check that hairstyle website for some hipster comedy) and I could only count with one hand the amount of long hair guys in the concert. Not good news.

Stop it with the undercut hairstyles and grow your hair long!

I am going out of my way to post interviews with heavy metal guys with long hair. We simply cannot let the long hair status be lost and have the undercut hairstyle, slicked back undercut or whatever other hipster haircuts take the place of long hair. I for one, will try my best and lend a hand by keeping this website up and helping any of you with haircut doubts choose the right hairstyle path.

By the way I’ve updated just now my list of interviews and my long hair blog!