The record was ultimately released without the sticker, and Cobain even claimed that the now-defunct Parents Music Resource Center (responsible for the Parental Advisory stickers included on explicit albums) didn’t really have a problem with the photo, per an archived interview with Hot Metal cited by Snopes. But not just any sticker - Cobain specifically conceived of a sticker reading, “If you’re offended by this, you must be a closet pedophile.” Elden’s lawsuit, too, mentions this quote directly. According to a band biographer Michael Azerrad, who wrote “Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana,” Geffen’s art director Robert Fisher was even preparing to airbrush the infant’s genitals from the photo to alleviate the sales’ department’s concerns.Ĭobain responded with a suggestion of his own: placing a sticker over the baby’s penis. With those words, uttered by photographer Kirk Weddle, 4-month-old Spencer Elden was on his way to fame (though not fortune) as the baby on the cover of Nirvana’s chart-topping album, Nevermind. It is well documented, however, that Geffen Records at least expressed some concern when they saw the proposed album artwork back in 1991. Shouldn’t he be suing his parents instead? #Nirvana #JustSaying West seeks to legally change his name #Coppertone girl taking notes on the #Nirvana kid case like… /8urzOxvkAy Nirvana baby swimming after a dollar, ended up being some next level foreshadowing. He’s mad because his peepee never got any bigger #nirvana #nevermind I’m suing #Nirvana because i wasn’t the baby on the cover of Nevermind. pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” August 25, 2021 Rolling Stone magazine did a reader poll to rank cover art through the centuries, and Nirvanas Nevermind album cover art ranked number three on the list of. Nirvana sued over Nevermind album cover by guy whose dollar bill got wet The albums instrumentation is by Chris Lee, with a nylon string.
It was privately released on Sunday, December 9th, 2018, and then was released as an Audio download on Wednesday, December 9th, 2020. It is the Maravines cover version of Nirvanas 1991 album Nevermind. The guy who was the baby on #Nirvana‘s #Nevermind album cover, certainly worked overtime through the years to remind us he was the baby on the Nevermind album cover. Nirvana Nevermind is the eleventh Studio album, that is by the Maravines. If the judge doesn’t open the hearing by turning to his counsel and saying “here we are now, entertain us” then what is the point If the Nirvana baby wins, I’m suing Natalie Imbruglia for the album cover that made me over-pluck my eyebrows.
Let’s boogie Get 20 off with code FINDYOURVIBE. Nirvana: *gets hit with child pornography lawsuit for the cover of ‘Nevermind’* High-quality Nirvana Nevermind Cover Wall Art designed and sold by artists. Spencer Elden the man who was featured on Nirvana s famous Nevermind cover art as a baby is now suing the band for child sexual exploitation 30 years after the album was released. Spencer Elden REALLY wants that money, and he’s an even bigger baby now /KwE90QFded 22 hours agoThe 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. The whole suing nirvana-situation is actually just foreshadowing. I’m suing Nirvana because in Smells Like Teen Spirit they asked me to entertain them but instead they entertained me. Nevermind baby suing nirvana is the most ironic thing i’ve ever heard. These are the funniest tweet reactions to the news story. For now, let’s take a look at the court of public opinion, which definitely thinks Elden’s claims smells fishy. The man baby (who has recreated the iconic cover shot several times over the years) claims that his parents never signed a release authorizing use of the photo, and that a plan to cover his genitals in the pic with a stick never came to fruition.ĭoes he have a case? We’ll let the judge decide.