to John Mellencamp's greatest hits from his six-decade career. "Never wanted to be no pop singer. Never wanted to write no pop songs." This tune coyly thumbs its nose at anyone who underestimated ...

John Mellencamp's recording career began as Johnny Cougar in the mid-'70s ... Shut the F--- Up' or He'll End Show "If I wanted to play in this type of drunken environment, I'd play outside ...

insisting he go by John Cougar. That was the moniker used for the 1976 debut album Chestnut Street Incident, which featured half cover songs and half Mellencamp originals. But getting his ...

When another concert-goer called for Mellencamp to perform "Authority Song," the 72-year-old shot back, "Guys, I can stop this show right now and just go home." "Tell you what I’m going to do.