Spencer Eldon: Last News

Dave Grohl has commented on the lawsuit launched against Nirvana earlier this year over the artwork of 1994 album ‘Nevermind’.

As the 30th anniversary of the release of Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ album passed on Friday, lawyers for the man who was photographed as a baby for the record’s famous cover have demanded that the image be edited on all future re-releases, basically redacting his genitalia.The demand follows the recent litigation filed by Spencer Eldon against the band, their label, and other people involved in creating the ‘Nevermind’ artwork.Although in the past Eldon has been somewhat blasé about his nude baby photo appearing on the album cover – even recreating the image on a number of occasions (albeit wearing shorts) – his lawsuit says Nirvana’s use of the photo over the last three decades has actually caused him “extreme and permanent emotional distress

The naked baby photographed on Nirvana’s breakthrough album "Nevermind" is now accusing the band of being child pornographers, claiming they told him to "Come As You Are" without consent. Spencer Eldon, now 30, filed a lawsuit against Kurt Cobain’s estate and the band’s surviving members, saying the grunge pioneers violated federal child pornography statutes and sexually exploited him.