John Mellencamp

Wow.

Yeah.

Yeah, the National Front was, you know, they were like all a bunch of skinhead guys and violent and did not want any foreigners in their country at all.

And even Americans, you know.

So, yeah, you had to keep your eye, you know, I learned real quick to keep your head down and your mouth shut.

No, I got out of there because I got mad at them.

I know it's hard to believe that I got mad at somebody, but I got mad at the manager because I never could get the cocksucker on the phone, you know.

And then I came back to the United States and he had a record deal based on the number one record in Australia.

And I used to go, well, we have a number one record in Australia.

And they would look at me and go, not many Australians in the United States, John.

So, you know, and then it's just kind of built.

But see what happened.

And I don't mean to sound arrogant, but I didn't give a fuck.

I got to the point where it was like, I don't give a fuck.

You know, do what the fuck you want.

Because I didn't want to be Johnny Cougar, which is how they made me start.

Whose idea was that to turn you into John Cougar?

It was Johnny to start off with.

Johnny Cougar.

Tony DeVries managed me.