Mohawk toupee

Goth outfitter Venom & Booties sells mohwak toupees. Available in a dozen colors, the £55 kit includes a hand-made mohawk and the "secret formula" to attach it securely to your pate. And no, they don't seem to be kidding. From the product page:

After 20 years of rock'n'roll'n'gin the surviving gothic-punk is rather thin (on top). But thanks to our secret formula your mohawk can be instantly regenerated...

Our hand made mohawks are designed to look perfectly realistic and stay that way all day and all night, using techniques from special FX film make up to bond to your head!

Link (Thanks, Kirsten Anderson!)

[#1 posted by Peter Swimm , October 19, 2007 11:12 AM]

Punk Rock Rumor #1424- The Lead singer from The Exploited has a contract clause where he cannot appear sans mohawk, and has been wearing something similar to this for years.

[#2 posted by David Pescovitz , October 19, 2007 11:19 AM]

Localized Punk Rock Rumor #321, overheard in Cincinnati, Ohio sometime in the early 1980s: "I heard the Nazi skins are gonna show up at the Exploited gig tonight and chop off Wattie's mohawk!"

[#3 posted by Jerril , October 19, 2007 11:46 AM]

"Our hand made mohawks are designed to look perfectly realistic and stay that way all day and all night, using techniques from special FX film make up to bond to your head!"

My guess is that this is "spirit gum". If so, it's pretty secure on your head, but I wouldn't want to have to glue my hair on every day. It stinks to high heaven, and you'll need a supply of the spirit gum remover to go with the spirit gum, which they don't mention.

It's not hypoallergenic and the solvent fumes are probably not terribly good for you in the long term.

[#4 posted by DragonPhyre , October 19, 2007 12:06 PM]

The other option is to use superglue. Never remove it. PUNK FOREVER!

[#5 posted by Oswegan , October 19, 2007 2:42 PM]

Dang! You mean I didn't have to shave my head and dye my mohawk purple?

My wife's going to be pissed.

~Oswegan

[#6 posted by Steiny , October 19, 2007 3:18 PM]

Gyuzo of the Tokyo Shock Boys uses a stick-on removable mohawk. I'd never seen him without the mo' until I saw them live in 1998 and he neatly peeled it off for various parts of the act that required a bare scalp. It was obviously attached fairly well given some of the things he did with it on, but it seemed to come off and reattach with ease again afterwards.

[#7 posted by Bonnie , October 19, 2007 5:11 PM]

I really hope this mohawk toupee link inspires a "Goth Talk" version of BoingBoingTV!

[#8 posted by CJ , October 19, 2007 9:04 PM]

I can't be the only one who instantly thought of They Might Be Giants' song, "Purple Toupee," can I? It's a delightful ode to a rebellious generation's loss of youth, memory and hair. Once again, life imitates art.