He further claims that the image is child pornography and that an agreement to place a sticker over his private parts was never carried out. The Nirvana frontman at one point said his only compromise would be a strategically placed sticker that read, “If you’re offended by this, you must be a closet pedophile.”Īccording to TMZ, Elden has now filed a lawsuit against Cobain’s estate and the surviving members of Nirvana, claiming that his legal guardians didn’t formally consent to his image being used on the album cover. Nirvana’s label, Geffen, initially objected to Elden’s penis being visible, but Kurt Cobain insisted it not be censored. This can be seen in how he recreated the picture for not one, not two, not three, but four of the. For example, some of Elden’s actions have seemed celebratory in nature. Over the course of his life, he has shown mixed thoughts about the use of his baby picture for said purpose. As the story goes, Elden was the son of a friend of album photographer Kurt Weddle. Spencer Elden was the baby used for the Nevermind album cover. ![]() One of the most famous album covers of all time, Nevermind depicts a then four-month-old Elden swimming naked underwater as he reaches for a dollar bill. The lawsuit comes just a month shy of the landmark album’s 30th anniversary. Spencer Elden, who was famously photographed as a baby for Nirvana’s iconic Nevermind album cover, is suing the band for child sexual exploitation.
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