James Iha's hair

I briefly mentioned James Iha in a recent post in relation to something that someone else had written on their own blog about him. I felt that said thing was similar to something I could see myself writing, hence why I had mentioned it.

I also think that James Iha had some pretty interesting/cool hairstyles back in the day... "I really love
your hairdo, yeah/I'm glad you like mine too/See what looking pretty cool will get ya?"*
* this is not a Smashing Pumpkins song; it's a Dandy Warhols song. CTT had an interesting hairstyle back in the day as well. Those interesting little wispy sideburns. His more recent hippie hairstyle is... maybe less than flattering. But it's his hair. He can do what he wants with it.

Part of me wants to try a James Iha hairstyle, particularly the one he had where two pieces at the front/center of his head were bleached. It's different and unconventional, but interesting. He also had various other semi-bleached styles. I found an interesting interview where he talked a bit about his hairstyles...
"Interviewer: Can you tell me about your hair history?
James: My hair history. That’s kind of a dodgy subject. My hair history. I don’t know why my hair is such a big thing. I guess I’m like Bon Jovi or something. I just have this insane hair thing on my head. It just used to be green, used to be red, used to be blue, then I put all these skunk stripes in it. I just thought I looked too normal so I just sort of did something to it. But now I’m so sick or seeing myself this way that I think I’m just going to chop all the crazy stuff of and get a like normal Supercuts cut. I think that would be more rebellious, that would be more punk rock than dyed hair.

Interviewer: Do you mean a business cut?
James: Just like a regular guy hair cut. Whatever that is. Which is something normal. I’m sick of looking unnormal."

The rest of the interview is also relatively interesting. He comes across as a bit aloof, but in a way it's kind of amusing.

This lady bleached her hair into a James Iha style! I'm not sure if there's a specific name for it, or if this can just be known as a James Iha hairstyle. I wonder how different it would look on me since my hair is a lot longer.