Both its content and artwork were heralded as seminal rock works, but three years after its release, Nirvana's frontman Kurt Cobain died by suicide in Seattle and the remaining members subsequently disbanded.Įlden told CNN in 2008: "Rumor had it that Cobain had the original concept of wanting to show a mother giving birth under water." Elden added: "But the compromise was to have a baby swimming under water.
"Nevermind" and its lead single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" sold millions of copies and helped popularize grunge music in the United States. The man who, as a baby, was featured on the cover of Nirvanas 'Nevermind' album is suing the former band members, the estate of Kurt Cobain and several others over the famous naked photograph. I feel like the world's biggest porn star." The following year he told CNN that he was often asked to attend events as the "Nirvana baby." Since the albums release in 1991, the photograph of a baby swimming fully nude in a pool toward a dollar bill suspended from a fishing line has received polarizing reactions. In 2007 he told the Sunday Times he found it "kind of creepy that many people have seen me naked. The cover art for Nirvanas 'Nevermind' album has arguably become one of the most famous in the history of modern rock and roll music. The lawsuit alleges Elden was sexualized because the dollar bill used in the image made the baby resemble "a sex worker."Įlden has recreated the image at times during his adulthood, but has also suggested in interviews he felt uncomfortable about the popularity of the album cover.
In a complaint filed Tuesday, Spencer Elden accused Nirvana of continuing to benefit from his commercial sexual exploitation 30 years.
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He is seeking $150,000 in damages from each of the defendants, plus legal costs, and alleges the defendants "knowingly produced, possessed, and advertised commercial child pornography." A California man who appeared on the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind album as an infant has filed a lawsuit against the band claiming he was the victim of child pornography. It became one of the most enduring images in rock music after the record's release.īut in a complaint, filed on Tuesday at a federal court in California and obtained by CNN, Elden's attorneys said the image was pornographic and that he has suffered "lifelong damages" as a result of his involvement.Įlden, now 30, has listed the surviving band members, the executors of lead singer Kurt Cobain's estate, and various record labels as defendants. The rock album's cover features Elden, then an infant, swimming underwater while undressed, his eyes fixated on a one dollar bill. Spencer Elden, who appeared as a naked baby on the cover of Nirvana's 1991 album "Nevermind," has claimed the record's iconic artwork is child pornography and is suing the band over alleged "child sexual exploitation." Spencer Elden, who appeared as the naked baby on Nirvana's 'Nevermind' album cover, is suing the band over alleged "child sexual exploitation." His attorney explains the claims.
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