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Lenny Kravitz -

Do you remember Kravitz with his long dreads? He looked so cool!

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Lenny Kravitz -

The musician chopped them off, but still looked the embodiment of cool. He's since gone back to dreads, though not as long.

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Jon Bon Jovi -

It could be said that the Bon Jovi front man gave long hair a bad name!

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Jon Bon Jovi -

Over the years, Jon Bon Jovi has grown into a silver fox, and he still looks so handsome!

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Freddie Mercury -

Queen's legendary front man looked pretty much like every other rocker at the time with his long hair.

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Freddie Mercury -

Mercury gradually changed his hairstyle over the years. Even with this seemingly "normal" haircut, he looked amazing.

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Bono -

Bono was rocking the boho-chic look back in the '80s, especially when U2's album 'The Joshua Tree' came out.

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Bono -

Today, he no longer looks like a hippy rocker, but he still has his Irish charm.

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Axl Rose -

The Guns N' Roses vocalist was known for his fiery long hair (with lots of hair spray at the beginning of his career).

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Axl Rose -

And while he continues to be a ginger rock god, his hair is pretty different from what it used to be.

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Dave Grohl -

"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. 

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Dave Grohl -

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!

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Ozzy Osbourne -

The "Prince of Darkness" has worn long hair ever since the early days of Black Sabbath in the late '60s.

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Ozzy Osbourne -

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.

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Anthony Kiedis -

The Red Hot Chili Peppers vocalist had beautiful long, straight hair.

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Anthony Kiedis -

But then came 1999 and he chopped it off. Since then, he's rocked his hair at various lengths.

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Eddie Vedder -

As with most rockers in the grunge scene, Eddie Vedder also had long hair.

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Eddie Vedder -

The Pearl Jam front man eventually cut off his long hair gradually, until it was essentially short.

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James Hetfield -

The iconic front man of Metallica had long hair for many years.

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James Hetfield -

Until he cut it in the '90s. Hetfield has had several hairstyles over the years, but has always kept his hair relatively short.

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Chris Cornell -

Up until Soundgarden's 1994 album 'Superunknown,' we could see Cornell with hair this long.

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Chris Cornell -

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).

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Tommy Lee -

The Mötley Crüe drummer used to glam it up in the '80s.

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Tommy Lee -

Fast forward a few decades and Lee looks pretty different, with his hair short and wearing nowhere near as much makeup.

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Eddie Van Halen -

The late guitar god revolutionized how the instrument was played, and looked like a true rocker while doing so.

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Eddie Van Halen -

Years later, even looking more like a geography teacher than a rock star, he would still pick up his ax and do his magic.

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Prince -

How majestic did Prince's hair look in the 'Purple Rain' period?

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Prince -

The late music legend subsequently experimented with different hairstyles, but none of them as big as that one in the '80s.

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David Lee Roth -

Posters with the blond locks of the Van Halen vocalist could be found in lots of bedrooms in the '80s.

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David Lee Roth -

Nowadays he might have lost his long hair, but he hasn't lost his larger-than-life personality and on-stage flamboyance.

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Mick Jagger -

The front man of the Rolling Stones looked so hypnotizing with his strong facial features and long hair back in the late '60s.

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Mick Jagger -

Fast forward several decades, and despite not having such long hair anymore, he still moves like Jagger.

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Michael Bolton -

Supporting one of the most famous mullets in the history of music, Bolton just had to be included in this gallery.

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Michael Bolton -

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

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