Phil Spector and the Tragically Unkempt Mug Shot

Phil Spector prides himself on his tresses—this much we know from his lifelong experiment in outlandish coiffure. But now that he's in jail, it looks like his mirror time has been curtailed. Since staring too long at this wet-rat 'do makes us hear the Chucky theme in our heads, let's time-travel. Click through our gallery of Spector's zaniest hair-dos—from his Reno 911-style handlebar moustaches to his Howard-Stern-wannabe mop.

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