Nirvana’s ubiquitous “Nevermind” album cover features a naked baby as he floats underwater desperately grasping for money. It is on T-shirts worn by Instagram influencers, puzzles, posters and reissued CDs and records – like the one Nirvana plans to release this month. For many,…
Dave Grohl suggests Nirvana could alter controversial Nevermind cover
Dave Grohl has “many ideas” to change the cover artwork for Nirvana’s Nevermind album. The group’s second album, released in 1991, is an all-time classic, but courted controversy after Spencer Elden, the child who appears in the artwork, sued later…
Baby on Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ Album Cover Pleads to Censor His Genitalia From 30th Anniversary Artwork
Spencer Elden, the naked swimming baby on Nirvana‘s iconic 1991 album Nevermind cover, is pleading with the band on the album’s 30th anniversary to have the artwork revealing his genitalia to be altered. While fans, next-gen artists and the landmark album’s producer Butch Vig are reflecting on…
NIRVANA’S ‘NEVERMIND’ ALBUM Grown-Up Baby Begs … NIX GENITALIA ALBUM COVER FOR 30TH ANNY EDITIONS!!!
Universal Music is on the verge of commemorating the 30th anniversary of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” with several multi-format reissues … but the grown-up baby on the iconic album cover has one message — don’t use the damn genitalia pic!!! Spencer Elden —…
Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ Still Provokes a Debate Over Decency
“Lascivious” or “edgy”? That’s the question raised by the lawsuit filed by Spencer Elden, now 30 years old, who as a baby was featured on the cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album, swimming naked after a dollar bill that dangles before…
The Nirvana baby is all grown up and ready to sue
On August 24, Spencer Elden filed a case to sue the rock band Nirvana. A lot of people might not know his name, but they’ve most likely seen his face (or at least his baby face). One of Elden’s baby…