Classic Rock

Mellencamp: The Biography

Paul Rees CONSTABLE

The man they call Little Bastard, up close and personal.

Midway through a tour in support of his 1994 album , John Mellencamp began to suffer a pain in his arm. It turned out that the 43-year-old, 80-cigs-a-day singer

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