From the film "Taxi Driver" (1976). The central character (played by Robert De Niro) goes
doolally and society is to blame. During his journey into madness and mayhem, he decides to shave his hair into a mohican style or mohawk. This hairstyle has since been particularly embraced by punk rockers thanks mainly to this movie and the bands Plasmatics and Discharge. The De Niro character is called
Travis Bickle... therefore a "Travis Cut" ("Bickle Cut" sounds too much like a chunky
sandwich spread).
Travis Cut were also the name of a UK
punk band from the
mid 1990's.