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In the 1960s, many rock musicians started to let their hair grow long. It was a sign of the times, of change and rebellion. Throughout most of the '70s and '80s, the vast majority of rock stars had long hair. From the cool, natural look to the most outrageous hairstyles, we've seen it all. But there also came a time when these iconic music personalities called it a day and chopped off their long hair.
Browse through the following gallery and see the before and after pictures!
Do you remember Kravitz with his long dreads? He looked so cool!
The musician chopped them off, but still looked the embodiment of cool. He's since gone back to dreads, though not as long.
It could be said that the Bon Jovi front man gave long hair a bad name!
Over the years, Jon Bon Jovi has grown into a silver fox, and he still looks so handsome!
Queen's legendary front man looked pretty much like every other rocker at the time with his long hair.
Mercury gradually changed his hairstyle over the years. Even with this seemingly "normal" haircut, he looked amazing.
Bono was rocking the boho-chic look back in the '80s, especially when U2's album 'The Joshua Tree' came out.
Today, he no longer looks like a hippy rocker, but he still has his Irish charm.
The Guns N' Roses vocalist was known for his fiery long hair (with lots of hair spray at the beginning of his career).
And while he continues to be a ginger rock god, his hair is pretty different from what it used to be.
"But he has long hair!" we hear you say. And you are absolutely correct. He did so as well when he played the drums in Nirvana.
But at some point in his career he did this. He's probably not proud of it, but he did it. Foo Fighters are still rocking to this day, so we forgive him for the mishap!
The "Prince of Darkness" has worn long hair ever since the early days of Black Sabbath in the late '60s.
But then in the '80s, this happened! Luckily, he let his hair grow long again and still wears it in the same fashion to this day.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers vocalist had beautiful long, straight hair.
But then came 1999 and he chopped it off. Since then, he's rocked his hair at various lengths.
As with most rockers in the grunge scene, Eddie Vedder also had long hair.
The Pearl Jam front man eventually cut off his long hair gradually, until it was essentially short.
The iconic front man of Metallica had long hair for many years.
Until he cut it in the '90s. Hetfield has had several hairstyles over the years, but has always kept his hair relatively short.
Up until Soundgarden's 1994 album 'Superunknown,' we could see Cornell with hair this long.
The late rock star eventually cut his long hair. Though he did let it grow back again at a later date (albeit not as long as before).
The Mötley Crüe drummer used to glam it up in the '80s.
Fast forward a few decades and Lee looks pretty different, with his hair short and wearing nowhere near as much makeup.
The late guitar god revolutionized how the instrument was played, and looked like a true rocker while doing so.
Years later, even looking more like a geography teacher than a rock star, he would still pick up his ax and do his magic.
How majestic did Prince's hair look in the 'Purple Rain' period?
The late music legend subsequently experimented with different hairstyles, but none of them as big as that one in the '80s.
Posters with the blond locks of the Van Halen vocalist could be found in lots of bedrooms in the '80s.
Nowadays he might have lost his long hair, but he hasn't lost his larger-than-life personality and on-stage flamboyance.
The front man of the Rolling Stones looked so hypnotizing with his strong facial features and long hair back in the late '60s.
Fast forward several decades, and despite not having such long hair anymore, he still moves like Jagger.
Supporting one of the most famous mullets in the history of music, Bolton just had to be included in this gallery.
For better or worse, he chopped it off. Michael Bolton does look incredibly classy with short hair, we must say.
See also: The unexpected history of the mullet
When rock stars cut off their hair
Before and after shots of rock legends who got the chop!
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In the 1960s, many rock musicians started to let their hair grow long. It was a sign of the times, of change and rebellion. Throughout most of the '70s and '80s, the vast majority of rock stars had long hair. From the cool, natural look to the most outrageous hairstyles, we've seen it all. But there also came a time when these iconic music personalities called it a day and chopped off their long hair.
Browse through the following gallery and see the before and after pictures!