

But it’s always been a positive thing and opened doors for me. In 2015, he told the Guardian: “It is a weird thing to get my head around, being part of such a culturally iconic image. 5, 2022, 7:33 AM PDT By Daniel Arkin and Diana Dasrath A federal judge last week dismissed a lawsuit filed by a man who appeared on the cover of the Nirvana album 'Nevermind' as a naked.

Spencer Elden, 31, said his appearance on the front of the. 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. The cover depicts Elden as a four-month-old in a. A perennial rite of ‘90s rock revivalism has arrived in time for Fall: the now-adult baby from the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind album is once again back in the news, this. Spencer Elden, 31, said his appearance on the front of the. Spencer Elden, the man who was photographed as a baby on the album cover for Nirvana's Nevermind, is suing the band alleging sexual exploitation. Elden also has a tattoo of the word Nevermind on his chest. A US judge has dismissed a man's latest lawsuit against Nirvana over the band's iconic 1991 album cover which showed him naked as a baby. A US judge has dismissed a man's latest lawsuit against Nirvana over the band's iconic 1991 album cover which showed him naked as a baby. The defendants had previously argued that Elden had “spent three decades profiting from his celebrity as the self-anointed ‘Nirvana Baby’”, including recreating the image for the album’s 15th and 25th anniversaries. ‘Nevermind’ Nirvana cover baby is now 20, just like the album By the CNN Wire Staff Updated 10:22 AM EDT, Mon SeptemStory highlights As a baby, Spencer Elden was thrown into a pool for. Following Olguin’s ruling, he cannot refile again, though he intends to appeal.Ī defence lawyer welcomed the ruling, describing the case as “meritless”. It continued: “A brief examination of the photograph, or Elden’s own conduct (not to mention the photograph’s presence in the homes of millions of Americans who, on Elden’s theory, are guilty of felony possession of child pornography) makes that clear.”Įlden refiled in January 2022.
