John Mellencamp made it clear he didn't like how Pat McAfee encouraged Pacers fans to boo Knicks fans Timothee Chalamet, Ben ...

ESPN personality Pat McAfee appears to have annoyed singer John Mellencamp with his antics at the New York Knicks-Indiana ...

Mellencamp started singing in a band as a teenager in Seymour ... Cougar was at last able to use his family name, becoming John “Cougar” Mellencamp for his most commercial era.

John Mellencamp, aka Johnny Cougar, posing for a photograph in 1977 ... I’m not interested in entertaining teenagers or acting like one. I have zero interest in looking back, don’t give ...

Mellencamp released his first album under the name Johnny Cougar in 1976. After modest success, his breakthrough came in 1979 with the album John Cougar and the single “I Need a Lover.” ...

And both are still pursuing the muse that united them as teens. But now ... under the names of Johnny Cougar (the creation of an agent) and John Cougar Mellencamp before a series of hit records ...

Classic rock star John Mellencamp ... This is Mellencamp’s sole Billboard Hot 100 song. This Bruce Springsteen-type song tells the story of two teenagers growing up in a small town.