By Steve Newton I interviewed John Mellencamp for the first time in May of 1983, when he was still known as John Cougar. He called me up from his home in Bloomington, Indiana to talk about his latest album, American Fool, which was tearing up the charts thanks to hits like "Hurts So Good", "Jack … Continue reading 10 minutes on the phone with John Cougar in 1983, before he was Mellencamp
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That time John Cougar told me that he was really influenced by the ballsiness of Prince
By Steve Newton I interviewed John Mellencamp for the first time in May of 1983, when he was still known as John Cougar. At the time he was touring behind his blockbuster American Fool album, and at one point in the conversation I asked him about his upcoming album, Uh-huh, which would hit record stores … Continue reading That time John Cougar told me that he was really influenced by the ballsiness of Prince
That time John Cougar told me that he’d much rather be known as John Mellencamp
By Steve Newton In May of 1983 I did my first interview with John Mellencamp, or at least that's who he wanted to be. Back then the heartland rocker was still known as John Cougar, and was riding high on the breakthrough success of his latest album, American Fool, which spent nine weeks at the … Continue reading That time John Cougar told me that he’d much rather be known as John Mellencamp