NIRVANA NEVERMIND COVER BABY NOW TRIAL
"Defendants used child pornography depicting Spencer as an essential element of a record promotion scheme commonly utilized in the music industry to get attention, wherein album covers posed children in a sexually provocative manner to gain notoriety, drive sales, and garner media attention, and critical reviews."Įlden is asking for a trial by jury and $150,000 from each of the 17 defendants, which include the former members of the band along with Courtney Love, Cobain's estate executor, the album's photographer and designer, and record companies Universal Music Group, Geffen, Warner and MCA Music. USA TODAY has reached out to representatives for the defendants and Elden for comment. "(The) defendants intentionally commercially marketed Spencer’s child pornography and leveraged the shocking nature of his image to promote themselves and their music at his expense," reads an excerpt from the suit, obtained by USA TODAY. Spencer Elden says his legal guardians never consented to having his naked genitals on the cover of the 1991 album. Nirvana Is Being Sued for Its 'Nevermind' Album Cover The baby featured on 1991's Nevermind LP, now an adult, alleges his image was used without his consent for child pornography.
Now, a month before Nirvana's "Nevermind" turns 30, he's suing the band for child pornography.Įlden, now 30, claimed in a lawsuit filed Tuesday to Los Angeles federal court that he will "suffer lifelong damages" thanks to band members Dave Grohl, Chad Channing, Krist Novoselic and the late Kurt Cobain, whom Elden accuses of knowingly producing, possessing and advertising "commercial child pornography" when they put a nude photo of him as a baby with his genitals showing on the cover of their 1991 hit album, which catapulted them to stardom.
As a baby, Spencer Elden appeared on what became one of the most iconic album covers in music history. Nirvana's Nevermind has one of the most iconic album covers of all time, featuring a naked baby swimming in a pool, following a dollar bill hooked on a fishing line. Nevermind is the second studio album by the American rock band Nirvana, released on September 24, 1991, by DGC Records.
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