 Rock bands like the Rolling Stones and the Beatles copied this look, which spread to America during the British Invasion and was worn by bands like the Monkees and the Byrds.By the mid-1960s the wings haircut was worn by the mod subculture to set them apart from the older generation and from the Rockers who favored Brylcreemed hair like the pompadour.In the late 1960s hippies grew their hair shoulder-length in protest against the Vietnam War.