For nearly three decades Bruce Springsteen has been a rock & roll working-class hero: a plainspoken visionary. For nearly three decades Bruce Springsteen has been a rock & roll working-class hero: a plainspoken visionary. Bruce Springsteen is a fervent and sincere romantic whose insights into everyday lives - especially in America's small-town, working-class heartland - have earned comparisons to John Steinbeck and Woody Guthrie. His belief in rock's mythic past and its potential revitalized pop music and made Springsteen a superstar in the '80s. Since then, he has remained true to his artistic calling and shown himself - in rare interviews - to be among the most thoughtful and articulate artists in rock.ingsteen is a fervent and sincere romantic whose insights into everyday lives - especially in America's small-town, working-class heartland - have earned comparisons to John Steinbeck and Woody Guthrie. His belief in rock's mythic past and its potential revitalized pop music and made Springsteen a superstar in the '80s. Since then, he has remained true to his artistic calling and shown himself - in rare interviews - to be among the most thoughtful and articulate artists in rock.