![]() On Tuesday, Elden filed a lawsuit that has been obtained by Variety. The album artwork depicts 4-month-old Elden underwater in a swimming pool with his arms reaching out, grasping for a dollar bill that is being dangled in front of him from a fishing line. Now, 30 years later, he is suing the band, alleging that he was “sexually exploited” as a minor. He is one of several defendants being sued in the suit, along with former band bassist Krist Novoselic, the estate of Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love, Universal Music Group, and others.Įlden alleges that his parents never signed a release authorising use of the image for the album, adding that his “true identity and legal name are forever tied to the commercial sexual exploitation he experienced as a minor which has been distributed and sold worldwide from the time he was a baby to the present day”.Spencer Elden was an infant when he was photographed naked by a family friend for the cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album cover. And, fortunately, I don’t have to do the paperwork,” Grohl explained. “I think that there’s much more to look forward to and much more to life than getting bogged down in those kinds of things. I’m sure we’ll come up with something good.” Miley Cyrus performs with Def Leppard at Taylor Hawkins tribute gig in LAįormer Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters frontman Grohl said: “At some point, unfortunately, it just becomes par for the course.” Speaking to The Sunday Times, he revealed that he has “many ideas of how we should alter that cover.” He added: “We’ll let you know.Watch Billie Eilish bring out Dave Grohl and Phoebe Bridgers at LA show. ![]() ![]() It shows him at four-months-old swimming towards a dollar bill hooked to a fishing line. Dave Grohl has reacted to the lawsuit brought against Nirvana by Spencer Elden, who was photographed naked as a baby on the 1991 ‘Nevermind’ album cover.Įlden, now 30, alleges that the picture of him naked underwater was child pornography and sexual exploitation. ![]()
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