As a teenager, Mellencamp had few interests other than hanging out, getting high, and listening to rock n' roll. His father, vice president of Robbins Electric in Seymour, pushed Mellencamp to excel at school and sports, neither of which the boy took to heart. John Mellencamp, with his two sisters and two brothers, was raised strictly. Known for his unpretentious manner and brutal honesty, Mellencamp wishes to be taken seriously on his own terms, without losing sight of where he comes from, which granted, is hard when you've never really left. Bucking the rock star tradition of leaving the hometown for more glamorous pastures, Mellencamp remains a resident of Indiana. But it also produced at least one musician, celebrated son, John Mellencamp.

Seymour, Indiana, a blue collar town about forty minutes from Bloomington, is populated by about 20,000, mostly electronics industry workers. Record company-Mercury/Polygram Records, 825 8th Avenue. Born October 7, 1951, in Seymour, IN son of Richard and Marilyn Mellencamp married Priscilla Esterline, 1969 (marriage ended, 1981) married Vicki Granucci, 1981 (marriage ended, 1989) married Elaine Irwin, 1992 children: Michelle (first marriage), Teddi Jo, Justice Renee (second marriage), Hud, Speck (third marriage).

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