John Mellencamp

John Mellencamp is a rock musician primarily popular in the eighties. He is considered the definitive heartland rock musician, accompanied only by Bob Seger. Mellencamp has been phenomenally popular, with numerous hit singles and bestselling albums throughout his career. His hit Pink Houses has been used as a patriotic song despite it not being not intended as such. Most of his hits have become classic rock staples. Mellencamp went by John Cougar for awhile.