MicroBalrog, maybe, maybe not.
Several years ago I needed to get some real grunge rocker types for a photo shoot. I went to some of the best-known bars for that type in Milwaukee, and hung out (and stood out) in them for a couple of nights. Met some really odd-looking people. (I can imagine them saying afterwards, "man, can you believe how freaky that guy with the sport coat looked?").
Anywho, I found a very promising prospect for the photo shoot. She was about 30 years old, multiple piercings, shaved head except for a small purplish mohawk, and huge identical right and left tattoos of a peacock that started on the sides of hear head, ran down her neck and onto her shoulders.
We got to talking a bit, and I asked her what she did. She said that she was a graphic designer, but was having a hard time finding a job. She thought it was the market. I knew the market very well, and that wasn't the problem.
A lot of the other grungers I saw were tattooed or pierced in such a way that they could cover things for a regular job.
When someone goes to the extremes, though, the issue isn't fashion. My nephew was really bizarre-looking for several years (and unemployable as such), and it was the issues driving the look. Once he straightened out, he started dressing normally.
