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The Backstreet Boys were nearly signed to Mercury Records until John Mellencamp threatened to leave the label if it got involved with boy bands.
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Singer John Mellencamp was forced by MCA Records to change his stage name to Johnny Cougar because they thought his German surname Mellencamp was too weird. It took him over a decade and 3 name changes to get back to his real name again.
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In 2009 a "hooded, disheveled, rain-soaked" Bob Dylan was detained for suspiciously looking at a house for sale in New Jersey. When the young cop asked who he was and what he was doing Bob said, "Bob Dylan, and I'm touring the country with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp."
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Matthew has appeared in music videos for John Mellencamp, Trisha Yearwood, and Butch Walker.
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The 'Cougar' in singer John Cougar Mellencamp's name isn't his birth name nor did he choose it as a stage name. It was forced on him by a manager who felt his birth name made him sound like a hillbilly and Mellencamp admits, "I was totally unaware of it until it showed up on the album jacket."
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Stephen King wrote the story and John Mellencamp wrote the music for the musical "Ghost Brothers of Darkland County". It toured 20 cities in 2013 and 18 cities in 2014.
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Jack in John Mellencamp's "Jack and Diane" was originally written as an African American. The song was about an interracial couple, but the record label convinced Mellencamp to change it.
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John Mellencamp was born in a small town
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Author Stephen King wrote a musical with musician John Mellencamp, entitled "Ghost Brothers of Darkland County"
