who is the baby on nirvana nevermind cover

The lawsuit contends that the album cover photo chosen by Nirvana’s late leader Kurt Cobain suggests a “sex worker grabbing for a dollar bill.”Įlden’s suit alleges the 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. “To ensure the album cover would trigger a visceral sexual response from the viewer, (photographer Kirk) Weddle activated Spencer’s ‘gag reflex’ before throwing him underwater in poses highlighting and emphasizing Spencer’s exposed genitals,” the suit alleges. It is among the best-known album covers in rock. The cover of Nevermind - released in 1991 by the Geffen/UMG label - depicts a naked baby swimming underwater, seemingly towards a fish hook with a dollar bill attached. New York attorneys George Constantine, 58, and Marc.

Vivendi's Bid To Sell 10% Universal Music Stake To Bill Ackman SPAC Collapses Deal Transfers To Ackman's Hedge FundĪccording to the suit, the defendants “knowingly produced, possessed, and advertised commercial child pornography depicting Spencer, and they knowingly received value in exchange for doing so…Despite this knowledge, defendants failed to take reasonable steps to protect Spencer and prevent his widespread sexual exploitation and image trafficking.”Įlden’s parents never signed a release authorizing the use of the photos taken of the four-month-old baby in a Pasadena aquatic center in 1990 and Elden received no compensation, lawyers for the plaintiff allege. Spencer Elden poses with the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind on the album’s 25th anniversary in Pasadena, California, on Sept.

Who is the baby on nirvana nevermind cover