Nirvana's Nevermind album has sold around 30 million copies worldwide, and the cover art has been named one of the greatest album covers of all time by Billboard magazine and Rolling Stone magazine.Įlden has a tattoo that reads 'Nevermind' across his chest, and he has previously recreated the pool photograph numerous times for the album's anniversaries.

Universal Music Group, Weddle and a publicist for Love did not immediately respond to requests from Reuters for comment. S pencer Elden was just a few months old when his parents got a call from underwater photographer Kirk Weddle, who asked if he could use their newborn baby as part of a. Nirvana ’s surviving members and the estate of Kurt Cobain have been sued by Spencer Elden, who appeared as a baby on the cover of 1991’s Nevermind.

The lawsuit also alleged that a sticker was initially going to be used to cover Elden's genitals, which appear in the photograph shot by Weddle, who was a friend of Elden's father.Įlden also says he has suffered from 'extreme and permanent emotional distress' since the photograph was taken. Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dead at 80Įlden says his parents never signed a release authorizing the use of the image and that he was never compensated for the photo beyond the $200 his parents were paid for it on the day the photo was taken.

Nirvana's Nevermind cover almost looked completely different.

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