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Judge Throws Out Lawsuit Over Nevermind Cover

Spencer Elden plans appeal after court finds statute of limitations had expired

(Newser) - A lawsuit brought by Spencer Elden, who appeared as a naked infant in the cover photo for Nirvana's Nevermind album in 1991, has been dismissed by a California judge. That's happened before , and Elden appealed. His lawyers told CNN on Friday that they'll appeal this decision, as...

Lawsuit of 'Nirvana Baby' Dismissed—for Now
After Hiccup,
'Nirvana Baby'
Is Still Suing
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Jan 14, 2022 1:56 AM CST

After Hiccup, 'Nirvana Baby' Is Still Suing

Spencer Elden meets judge's deadline to file amended lawsuit

(Newser) - Update: The "Nevermind baby," now a 30-year-old man, is still suing Nirvana over the iconic album cover. Spencer Elden's complaint was dismissed earlier this month on a technicality, and late Wednesday Elden's legal team filed an amended complaint to reinstate the claims, Rolling Stone reports. The...

We Might Change Cover of Nirvana's Nevermind: Dave Grohl

Spencer Elden sued, leading to drummer's statement

(Newser) - Update: The 30-year-old who was once the baby that appears on the iconic cover for Nirvana's Nevermind album says the naked image of him is "child porn," and now Dave Grohl says the cover might change as a result. "I have many ideas of how we...

On 30th Anniversary, Courtney Love Opens Up on Nevermind
Nevermind
Changed Seattle.
Then It 'Shook
the World'
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Sep 24, 2021 11:18 AM CDT

Nevermind Changed Seattle. Then It 'Shook the World'

Kurt Cobain widow Courtney Love, Dave Grohl, others mark 30th anniversary of Nirvana's hit album

(Newser) - It was the album that helped catapult grunge and the Seattle music scene onto the national stage. Now, on the 30th anniversary of the release of Nirvana's Nevermind, the band's second studio album, frontman Kurt Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, talks to the Los Angeles Times and admits...

Nevermind Turns 20, Will Hit Shelves Anew

Seminal album sold 30M copies, will be re-released Sept. 19

(Newser) - Nirvana's Nevermind turns 20 this September (yep, it has been 20 years and yes, you are old). So Universal thought it only right to celebrate the multi-platinum album by issuing a remastered version of it—as part of a massive set that includes four CDs and one DVD. The...

Cobain Play Hits London
 Cobain Play 
 Hits London 
Jun 9, 2009 7:11 AM CDT

Cobain Play Hits London

(Newser) - Teen spirit has hit a London stage in a play that involves the troubled life of rocker Kurt Cobain, reports the Independent. The production, Nevermind, features a struggling music critic, John, visited by Cobain's ghost. "Cobain appears as his alter ego: a success who couldn't deal with it, as...

Nevermind Baby Recreates Classic Cover

17 years later, Calif. teen hits same pool where he shot pic for Nirvana album

(Newser) - Spencer Elden, instantly recognizable from a photo snapped 17 years ago for the cover of Nirvana’s seminal album Nevermind, got back into the same California pool recently to update the shot, Chris Vinnicombe reports for MusicRadar.com. “For reasons known only to himself,” and wearing a swimsuit,...

Iconic Baby, Now a Teen, Feels 'Creepy'

Skinnydipping Nirvana cover boy looks back with mixed feelings

(Newser) - One of rock music’s most famous cover subjects is a little leery of his past. Spencer Elden was 3 months old when he appeared naked as a money-grubbing underwater baby on Nirvana’s Nevermind; now he says the photo, on an album that sold tens of millions of copies,...

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