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child pornography lawsuit filed by the grown-up naked baby featured on the cover of Nirvana’s album “Nevermind” smells like an “absurd” cash grab, lawyers for the band say.A motion to dismiss the litigation was filed on behalf of Kurt Cobain’s estate and the surviving members of Nirvana in a California federal court Wednesday.Spencer Elden, 30, accused the Seattle grunge outfit of telling him to “Come As You Are” without consent over the summer, after being photographed swimming naked in a pool as an infant for the iconic cover of the 1991 triple-diamond selling album.Elden alleged he was sexually exploited, suffered “lifelong damage” and was forced to engage in “commercial sex acts” by the band, who he said marketed the image as “child

Nirvana have filed an official response to a lawsuit from the man who was photographed as a baby for the cover of ‘Nevermind’.Spencer Elden, 30, is suing the band over the photo of him as an infant, in which he appears naked and swimming after a dollar bill in a swimming pool. He has claimed that he has suffered “lifelong damages” from the image and that it is “commercial child sexual exploitation” and child pornography.Representatives for Nirvana have now issued a statement refuting the claims in the lawsuit, saying it is “not serious” and is beyond the statute of limitations.

The Batman director and writer Matt Reeves has explained how Robert Pattinson’s character was inspired by Nirvana‘s Kurt Cobain.Pattinson is set to take up the role of the Caped Crusader in the film, which lands in cinemas on March 4 next year. He’ll appear alongside Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman.In a new interview Reeves has opened up on how Cobain inspired the latest version of Bruce Wayne, telling Empire: “When I write, I listen to music, and as I was writing the first act, I put on Nirvana’s ‘Something In The Way’.

Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has reflected on his band’s debut album, saying he believed they would be “the next Nirvana“.After forming in 1992, Weezer released their first self-titled album – dubbed ‘The Blue Album’ – in May 1994, a month after the death of Kurt Cobain and the dissolution of grunge heroes Nirvana.Speaking to Rolling Stone for their Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums podcast, Cuomo and his bandmates discussed the writing and recording of the album, and how they believed it would be perceived after its release.“I seriously thought we were the next Nirvana,” Cuomo said.

Kurt Cobain’s childhood homes is up for sale.The Nirvana frontman lived at the house in Montesano, Washington, with his father following his parent’s divorce.Cobain was 11 years old when he arrived at the house in 1978 and lived there until 1982.When Cobain’s father re-married, his stepmother and her two children moved into the house.

Nirvana by Spencer Elden, which alleges the cover art of their iconic album ‘Nevermind’ amounted to “commercial child pornography”, alleges that cover subject Elden was also styled and photographed as Playboy founder Hugh Hefner.Lawyer Robert Lewis, representing the now 30-year-old Elden, filed the amended suit on Monday (November 22), which was obtained by Digital Music News.

Courtney Love has said she thinks Kurt Cobain would have been proud of the way Nirvana’s ‘Rape Me’ was used in a recent episode of Succession.Without giving away any spoilers, the popular HBO show included the controversial 1993 song – taken from the band’s third and final studio album, ‘In Utero’ – in a scene during Sunday’s (October 31) season three episode.The estate of the Nirvana frontman and primary songwriter is known for being selective about where his music is used.

Nirvana‘s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ for the first time.The Absolute Radio presenter was speaking at a Q&A in front of an audience at an event celebrating the 30th anniversary of ‘Nevermind’ and the forthcoming reissue of the iconic album in London last night (November 1).“I shared a flat with a guy who worked in the warehouse at [record label] Beggars Banquet,” she told BBC Radio 6 Music’s Matt Everitt. “He came home one day with this 12 inch white label and said, ‘You have to listen to this’.

Nirvana have beat a lawsuit that claims one of their most recognisable T-shirt designs is based on a copyrighted illustration of Dante’s ‘Inferno’.On Thursday (October 21), U.S. District Judge Dale S.

Dave Grohl has admitted that he was “scared” to write about Kurt Cobain‘s death in his new memoir The Storyteller.The book sees the Foo Fighters frontman share some of his life adventures from his early days growing up in the suburbs of Washington DC, to hitting the road at the age of 18, his time as drummer for Nirvana, and all the music that followed.Speaking in a new interview with Amanpour And Company, asked why he chose to write the chapter about Cobain’s death last, Grohl said: “‘Cause I was scared to write it.

Kurt Cobain‘s Jag-Stang guitar to mark the recent 30th anniversary of Nirvana‘s ‘Nevermind’ album.The guitar is based on the late Cobain’s own custom model, which combined the guitarist’s favourite elements from his Fender Jaguar and Mustang guitars.The Jag-Stang also realised Cobain’s own designs and drawings, which could be found in his personal journals, for his ideal Fender guitar. Cobain played the Jag-Stang several times on the ‘In Utero’ tour before his death in April 1994.“Ever since I started playing, I’ve always liked certain things about certain guitars but could never find the perfect mix of everything I was looking for,” Cobain said in a 1994 interview with Fender Frontline.

Dave Grohl is currently on a book tour in support of his new memoir The Storyteller, and during a recent stop in New York he got behind a drum kit and played along to Nirvana‘s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’.The event – which took place on Tuesday (October 5) at The Town Hall – saw the Foo Fighters frontman share some of his life adventures live and in-person, from his early days growing up in the suburbs of Washington, DC, to hitting the road at the age of 18, his time as drummer for Nirvana, and all the music that followed.During the event, Grohl performed acoustic versions of tracks like ‘This Is A Call’, ‘My Hero’, ‘Learn To Fly’, ‘Best Of You’ and ‘Everlong’, but the biggest moment came when he drummed along to his former band’s mega hit,

Nirvana‘s back catalogue has been reimagined as dance tracks for a new charity tribute album.Electro collective TECHROW have reworked the band’s classic songs for the record ‘Come As You Are: Nirvana Reimagined As House & Techno’. You can listen to the album below.The LP was recorded to help support the LGBTQIA+ community, with a portion of proceeds going to the GLAAD organisation.Produced by electronic musicians Jonathan Hay and Cain McKnight, the album’s 27 tracks include a new version of ‘Something In The Way’, which features transgender activist Daniella Carter.“[Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain] was a supporter of LGBTQ+ when it wasn’t politically correct to be so,” Hay explained in a recent interview with Grammy.com.

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music,” the rocker recounts how he got a call — after Cobain overdosed at a Rome hotel on March 3, 1994 — saying that his Nirvana bandmate had died.“My knees gave out and I dropped the phone as I fell to my bedroom floor, covering my face with my hands as I began to cry,” writes Grohl, 52, in his book, which was released on Tuesday. “He was gone.

Dave Grohl has spoken in a new interview about how Nirvana‘s music has “become a part” of his children’s lives in recent years.Grohl was speaking following the recent 30th anniversary of the release of his former band’s album ‘Nevermind’, which came out in September 1991.Speaking to The Dave Berry Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio this morning (October 5), Grohl acknowledged that he used to feel uncomfortable whenever he heard a Nirvana song.“There was a long time when a song would come on and I would just turn it off,” he recalled. “I don’t want to hear that.

Dave Grohl has hinted that the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind could change for any subsequent reissues.He was speaking to The Sunday Times about the album after Spencer Elden, the child who appears in the artwork, sued Kurt Cobain’s estate alleging the image was an example of child pornography and sexual exploitation.Speaking about the cover, Grohl said: “I have many ideas of how we should alter that cover but we’ll see what happens. We’ll let you know.

Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ by recreating the famous cover art using GPS tracking.Pete Stokes, a national parks project manager, cycled about 150km on a single-speed bike through the streets of Adelaide, using exercise tracker Strava to sketch the outline of the swimming baby featured on the 1991 album’s artwork.Speaking to The Guardian, Stokes, who regularly imposes pictures over mapping software through cycling, said the Nirvana baby took about eight hours to complete with bakery stops in between.“It’s whatever takes my fancy at the time. Nirvana has its place in my record collection,” he said.

Courtney Love has given her first bespoke interview on Nirvana’s 1991 album ‘Nevermind’, talking candidly about the genre-defining grunge release in celebration of its 30th anniversary.Speaking to the Los Angeles Times on Friday (September 24), Love – who was married to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain from 1992 until his death in 1994 – said she was “very firmly in the club that says ‘In Bloom’ should have been the first single from the album”, rather than ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’.The latter was minted as a single on September 10, 1991, with ‘In Bloom’ serving as its final single the following November (‘Come As You Are’ and ‘Lithium’ filled the gaps in March and July of ’92, respectively).

Manic Street Preachers‘ Jame Dean Bradfield has discussed the importance of Nirvana‘s ‘Nevermind’ as the genre-defining album celebrates its 30th anniversary.The iconic LP, which was released on September 24, 1991 and featured hit singles such as ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ and ‘Come As You Are’, saw Nirvana – comprising Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic – bring alternative music into the mainstream, inspiring legions of music fans and three generations of musicians along the way.One musician greatly affected by Nirvana’s magnum opus is Manics frontman James Dean Bradfield, who spoke to NME about the album’s importance and the track ‘Lithium’.“When I listen to ‘Nevermind’, I just think: ‘My God – it’s just fucking amazing’,”

who was the naked baby on the iconic cover of Nirvana’s 1991 album “Nevermind” wants to bar the band from using the image on 30th anniversary editions of the classic disc.

Nirvana are about to release a 30th anniversary edition of their classic album ‘Nevermind’, however Spencer Elden – who posed as the swimming naked baby on the cover – wants his image censored on the reissue.Elden, now 30, is currently suing the band’s surviving members and Kurt Cobain’s estate, among other individuals and entities.