Yeah- can’t stand mellenkampf— what a poseur, right alongside his copycat subject springsteen. sorry, an opinion but based on the sound the two have tried to ping off each other to the “listening” public.
Mellonhead- love it. Like a made up bluesman’s stage name.
Wonder how “cougar” got in there as a middle name, but don’t care, there are several real pickers who matter so much more, legends, in fact.
Johnny Cougar was a made up stage name.
His first manager billed him as John Cougar, more or less for the same reason that Norma Jean Mortenson was billed as Marilyn Monroe, and Marion Morrison was billed as John Wayne.
It just sounded “cool”.