( Nevermind has sold over 30 million copies worldwide.) “ I go to a baseball game and think about it: ‘Man, everybody at this baseball game has probably seen my little baby penis,’ I feel like I got part of my human rights revoked,” says Elden. “It’s hard not to get upset when you hear how much money was involved,” he says.

Last year, Spencer Elden the baby pictured naked. It’s pretty difficult-you feel like you’re famous for nothing, but you didn’t really do anything but their album.”įrustrated about never receiving any sort of compensation for Nevermind, Elden recently looked into pursuing legal action against Geffen Records, but was unsuccessful. A judge has dismissed the lawsuit filed against the surviving members of Nirvana over the cover image of their iconic album Nevermind. I just woke up already being a part of this huge project. “I was trying to reach out to these people. “I got a little upset for a bit,” he says. A federal judge for the Central District of California has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that the cover of Nirvana’s 1991 breakthrough album Nevermind amounts to child pornography. A judge has dismissed the lawsuit filed against the surviving members of Nirvana over the cover image of their iconic album Nevermind.

Even though Elden has recreated the photo shoot a number of times and has a large tattoo that says “Nevermind” on his chest, he says he hasn’t fully come to terms with being on the album’s cover.

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