John Mellencamp (formerly John Cougar) gold in the early eighties as a great talent and was named to his first "new Bruce Springsteen. It's a promise he can partially redeem. His albums were some 45 million copies sold, but he especially enjoys real popularity in its own continent, perhaps because of its very American-oriented texts. The sound he hardly differs from The Boss and therefore Mellencamp
… to rally in the club ambassadors of American muscle rock, next to Springsteen also Bon Jovi and Tom Petty belong.more