Gen looked sheepish. "Ah, I can see how I was confusing - no, this is natural. I haven't had a chance to dye my hair in years and years. But to a lot of conservative folks ... they see the black and white, and they'll think I'm the one being 'punk rock', you know?"

"So I used to dye it all black," Gen explained. "If I had to do it over again, I think I would work my natural hair color into my gimmick instead."