The Mohawk hairstyle has been around for centuries. Mohawk tribe warriors would cut all their hair except for a three inch strip in the middle of the head before going off to battle. In 2003 the well preserved remains of a man were found in a bog in Ireland. The corpse was over 2,000 years old. Clonycavan, as he’s been named, was sporting a Mohawk styled with gel made from plant oil and pine resin, imported from France or Spain.

Style is an important part of rock culture and each generation and genre has had its own sense of what’s cool. Some rock movements take a cheeky approach to style, having as much fun with it as they can while other genres of rock use style as a political statement. No matter how different rock styles are, they all have one thing in common: Hair.

Check back every Tuesday through March 2nd, for the next installments of this series, on some of the most prolific rock hairstyles and their history.