Spiked hair was very trendy in the nineties, but it is back again with a modern touch to make it look even more adorable. If you combine it with a fade or taper on the sides you will look exquisite.
Some men like to keep spiky hair, and most of them look incredible because this style is suitable for most face shapes and hair types.
The popularity of the spikes has led to the coming up of different ways to wear them. Some men have them as part of other hairstyles while for others as a distinct haircut.
Regardless of how you have it, the design looks good, especially when done creatively or out of the norm and some quality products used to give hair some hold and shine.
When it comes to this hairdo, the options are unlimited, and you can always find something that will make you stand out or that will go with your preferences. Since spikes are very common, most barbers and hairstylists can create them almost effortlessly.
Men’s Spiky Hairstyles
Every man who wants to keep up with the trend with short hair should try a spiky haircut. If you combine it with a fade or taper on the sides you will look exquisite.
The gallery below demonstrates 130 ways of cutting and styling this modern hairdo.
# 1 Spiky Rainbow Top
We can only say WOW when we look at this fantastic spiky hairstyle for men!
Get a long choppy top hair and an undercut and let your imagination go wild when choosing your colors.
Blend darker shades of purple, pink, and even blue to create a fabulous hairdo.
# 2 Mohawk with Bald Temples
If you are not one of those guys who need an office look, your hairstyling options are so vast.
Create a mohawk and lift only the top hair while on the sides, you get a short trim and bald temples.
# 3 Spiky Platinum Blonde Hairstyle
When you get a spiky hairstyle, you can achieve height and texture for your strands.
Opt for a lifted messy top and slightly swoop the hair to one side.
# 4 Spiky Short Hair
Get a regular short haircut with a top that is just a little bit longer than the sides.
Use hair gel to create a spiky hairstyle that will make any man look like a badass.
# 5 Taper Fade with Spikes
Spiky hairstyles don’t always look rebellious, but they really are original, sexy looks.
Make them suitable for office days by creating a high taper fade and a spiky lifted top.
# 6 Blonde High Top + Dark Roots
Babe, this hairstyle with spikes will undoubtedly get you noticed wherever you go.
Maintain a long hair top that you can tousle and lift, preserve your roots’ natural color, and bleach your strands to create that stunning silver and blonde shade.
# 7 Short Spiky Hair with Baby Bangs + Highlights
If texture is what you want from your new hairstyle, spikes and highlights make a great team.
Keep the sides short and the top tousled. Get baby bangs that will awesomely frame your face.
# 8 Ultra High Top
A taper for the sides will help you highlight that unique ultra-long top.
Create spikes and a wave for the bangs and style the hair up using quality hair gel.
# 9 Pink Mohawk
Punk’s not dead is the statement that you want to make when styling a sizeable pink mohawk like the one presented above.
Make it stand out even more by dyeing it in a striking color such as pink.
# 10 Single Length Haircut
Maintain short hair and use hair gel to create spikes for the top.
Slightly toss it to one side to give the hairdo a rebel touch.
# 11 Tapered Quiff
This haircut demonstrates a nicely tapered quiff to create the sharp spikes. Hairs on the top are longer than the sides and back, but tapering makes sure that even the shorter ones still maintain the spikiness.
Apart from tapering, the quiff should also be given some hold with a quality product and upswept slightly to make it more visible. Since the sides and back are short, nothing more is needed besides the tapering.
# 12 Edged Pomp
A classic pompadour is a beautiful haircut by all standards, but you can make yours different and more attractive by spiking it.
For this style, a few inches should be maintained at the crown while the sides should be given a skin fade. The longer hair is made spiky then styled into an amazing pompadour with a minor side parting.
# 13 Edgy Disheveled
It’s interesting how this cut looks like the wearer just woke up and stepped out with an incredible hairstyle. However, contrary to how it may look, it is a result of some styling and good razor work.
Light hair wax is used on the hair, but what gives it an almost shaggy appearance is that it has been styled by running fingers through it.
Before getting to the styling part, you need to use a razor on the sides to make them short and to create a perfect fade.
# 14 Wavy Perfection
Wavy hair looks incredible when maintained well, like in this cut. Wavy spikes here are well textured and voluminous and are styled at the top section only, with the rest of the head buzzed out.
This look is perfect for men with a round or oval face shape and dark hair because the waves look more detailed than in other face shapes.
# 15 The Platinum Highlights
In this haircut, the color does all the magic and makes the edgy bangs look incredible. It is also quite a unique color choice because you will rarely find men going with platinum for their mane.
The platinum highlights are created with a dark natural base, thus creating an amazing contrast that will make a man stand out.
For this style, the cut is also important, but it is a conventional high top (three inches or more) with faded short sides and back.
# 16 Front Swept Bangs
Bangs are simply massively sized strands and are perfect for men who do not like to keep the traditional thin ones. However, even with some nice bangs, it is still important to know how to style them for a fantastic look.
In this particular hairdo, the long and full bangs are front swept to cover the forehead and still maintain a somewhat messy look, and this makes them look very attractive.
# 17 Long Wavy Front Sweep
Flat and wavy hair is charming and offers a degree of versatility that you would not find in most other types of hair.
In this look, a beautiful hair type is maintained very creatively for a perfect finish. It starts with a scissor trim to taper the sides and to make them short, with the long hair left at the top.
A simple side parting is created, and then the long wavy hair at the top is brought forward to cover the forehead, and it should be long enough to flow all the way to the cheeks.
# 18 Super Straight
This beautiful hairdo is a result of thorough blow drying, and it looks exquisite on a man that knows how to wear it correctly. You should first start by trimming the sides and back, leaving only the crown hair long.
After this, some thorough blow drying will be required, and you will know that you have the right style if your super straight hair can stick out over your forehead. You can arrange the sticking out hair neatly or just leave it as it is for a more natural look.
# 19 Scissor Cut Spikes
Sometimes a pair of scissors is all that you need to get a great haircut. However, scissors need to be in the hands of a skilled barber; otherwise, you may end up messing up the intended look.
The best thing with scissors, like in this style, is the incredible texture that they create. So all you will need to do for a perfect set of sharp locks is to use some nice hold product, as the scissors did all the hard work for you.
# 20 Cropped Top
Men who are not crazy about sticking up their hair but would still want to get a sharp look can go for this cropped cut.
Here a longer length is maintained at the top, then it is cropped and styled forward to cover about an inch of the forehead. Sides are then given a simple but neat high fade to finish the look.
# 21 High Pomp with Undercut
The pompadour in this haircut is amazing, but what makes it a unique hairdo is the extra height and beautiful undercut done on the sides.
It is a style for people who like to wear spiky looks but still want to maintain their hair decent enough for formal or professional purposes. Sides are also buzzed creatively to add more beauty to the design.
# 22 Hard Parted & Spiked
Hard part lines give hairstyles a modern touch and also make them look classier, like in this particular hairdo. Here a longer spiked top is maintained with razor-faded sides, but all this is very ordinary.
The introduction of the deep line on the side makes all the difference. This contour stretches all the way to the center of the head, and it is probably what will catch most people’s attention in this haircut.
# 23 Messy Pomp
As popular as the pompadour may be, they all look the same, but with a little effort and creativity you can make yours different.
In this style, you should first trim the hair with scissors to give it some texture and taper the sides, but make sure you leave enough length at the top.
The longer top should then be made into a pompadour and then given a slight mess for it to look edgy and unique.
# 24 Long Arrows
Traditionally, spikes are about two or three inches long, and they stick up to create what most people would identify as the edgy look. But you can add a twist and create a variation of this hairdo.
In this design, they are longer than what you would typically find in other cuts, and rather than sticking up they are styled frontwards. This cut is paired with facial hair for a fabulous man look.
# 25 Quiff Inspired
This style is quiff inspired as it maintains a quiff-like shape in the crown. What makes it distinct is that unlike the classic cut it is slightly messy and not neatly slicked.
Apart from the spiky top, the other notable thing in this hairdo is the neatly shaved and uniform short sides that help to complement the top.
# 26 Faded Mohawk
As common as the Mohawk might be, you can make yours distinct and stand out from the crowd by making it prickly. Sides should also be faded instead of skin-shaved like in other variations of the cut.
The middle hair that is used to create the hawk should be about three inches or slightly longer for the design to look more attractive. You should also be keen with the fade on the sides as it will determine how good the haircut looks.
# 27 Curly & Arrowlike
This haircut is an example of the many things that you can do with your curly hair whether it is long or short.
Curls are trimmed to a uniform length at the top (that should be a few inches long) and then sides are shaved close. Since the curls are already quite firm, they will stick up, and this is what creates the spiky appearance.
# 28 Dark Black
The extra height of the upswept crown hair is one of the things that make this haircut beautiful, but the dark black color also plays a significant role.
Although some men have very dark hair, sometimes it may be necessary to do a dye job for the perfect hair color.
Apart from this, there is also an interesting blurry fade done on the sides, and it joins the neatly trimmed facial hair to finish a look that any man would not mind wearing often.
# 29 Comb Over Spikes with Side Designs
Side designs and patterns are perfect for enhancing even the simplest design, and they can transform it into an elegant hairdo.
In this cut, spikes are created at the top hairs while sides are faded. The mane is then given a comb over, and some razor-shaved patterns are made on the side and back to create a bolder look.
However, the choice of design is also important, but the trick is not to overdo it because even simple ones look good enough.
# 30 Fairly Neat
Contrary to what some people might be tempted to think, spiky is not necessarily shaggy or unkempt, as you can also get a very decent and elegant look with this type of hair.
All you need to do for it is to keep longer crown hairs and short faded sides.
Perfect angles that are created on the face with a razor are also necessary for the look, but besides that, the only other thing that you need to do is to trim your beard short to match the neat look of your hair.
# 31 Cool & Stylish
The three aspects that make a great hairdo are texture, size, and styling of the hair, and this one seems to get all of them right.
Although the hair at the top is not very long, it still has an incredible texture that creates an excellent contrast with the tapered sides. This cut will be best suited for men with thick, voluminous hair and almost any face shape.
# 32 Messy Faux Hawk
Creativity has no boundaries when it comes to cutting the hair and styling it. And so the only limitation is your boldness or how far you are willing to go with your hair.
In this faux hawk inspired design, the middle hair is not only messy but it is also given two different colors to create an incredible contrast.
Made by the blonde and black colors with each covering half of the hair, it looks great, and with this type of look, you are guaranteed to draw some attention.
# 33 Hard Part Elegance
The hard part lines in this cut are what make it look extremely attractive since the spikes are excellently done but quite ordinary.
Deep contours are perfect, but most people only use them to side part their hair; this haircut proves that you can create a very refined look using them.
In this cut, the spikes are maintained in the top section while the sides are cut short but not to a uniform length. One half is tapered while the other half is given a high fade, and then a series of hard part lines are razor shaved to create an eye-catching pattern.
# 34 Funky Modern Hawk
A good haircut should make you stand out from the crowd. Even if it is an everyday hairstyle, there should be something about it that will give you an edge.
The spiky Mohawk stands out because of the perfect hold that it has been given. And with the sides shaved to an almost bald level, you can be assured that you will stand out from the rest.
A full and neat facial hair will also do you good with this cut.
# 35 High Top Bangs
Wavy top bangs that have been upswept to give them more height is what makes this sharp cut attractive.
Apart from that, everything else is just straightforward, with sides given some undercuts for a perfect look. Some gel or pomade should also be used on the high top bangs.
# 36 Upswept Brunette Spikes
The golden hint in these brunette strands gives them an incredible shine, but the cut is still what makes this a top-notch design.
It entails leaving some thick strands on the crown, making them spiky, and then finishing by upsweeping them.
# 37 Textured Front Sweep
These strands have an almost uniform length throughout and a dazzling chocolate brown shade. Their styling entails sweeping the top strands to the front and the rest backward in subtle layers.
# 38 Messy Cropped Spikes
This fantastic look is what you get when you crop your strands inventively. And for styling, you only need to run your fingers through to make them messy.
# 39 Thick Textured Top Bangs
A little originality is all that you need to create a fantastic hairdo. This hairstyle demonstrates this, and it entails leaving some thick textured bangs on the crown that you should style with a slight lift and back sweep, and finish by tapering the sides.
# 40 Fine Tapered Blue Locks
These strands might be thin, but they are still perfect for spikes. To create the spikes, you will need to trim your strands with a taper on the sides and back and then give them some blue highlights.
To finish the look, you only need to use some gel or any other hold product to spike the strands.
# 41 Heavy Texture and Bald Fade
If you have thick hair, then you should not have trouble creating some top locks like these with a dense texture. Once you have them, you only need a messy front sweep and finish with a bald fade on the sides.
# 42 Feathered Messy Hairdo
Feathered strands like the ones on this style will look and feel light on your head. And if you give them a zero fade on the sides and a messy look, you can be sure of a chic haircut.
# 43 Front Swept Taper Fade
A clipper in the hands of an experienced barber can create a breathtaking look, and this design is a perfect example of this.
It entails chopping the strands to form some short spikes at the top that you should style with a front sweep and give the sides a nice taper fade.
# 44 Beautiful Blue Pixie
Pixie cuts can also work for men, and this haircut proves it. The short pixie has a glossy blue shade and some short textured spikes that you should style by sweeping them sideways over the forehead.