It features Nirvana's signature song "Smells Like Teen Spirit." "Nevermind" is one of the best-selling albums ever, with sales topping 30 million worldwide. In his lawsuit filed last August, Elden, by then aged 30, claimed he had suffered "lifelong damages" from the album cover, which depicted him swimming naked toward a dollar bill pierced with a fish hook.Įlden sought at least US$150,000 in damages from each of several defendants, including Universal Music Group, Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic, and Courtney Love, the widow of Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain who died in 1994. 13 to file an amended complaint to address alleged problems the defendants identified in his case.Ī lawyer for Elden did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Tuesday. District Judge Fernando Olguin on Monday dismissed the lawsuit after the plaintiff Spencer Elden missed a deadline to respond to the defendants' motion to dismiss the case. “More comically, Cardi B was sued by model Kevin Briony Jr when she replicated his signature back tattoos on another man that she had simulate oral sex on her for her album cover,” Danny added.A federal judge in Los Angeles has dismissed a lawsuit by a man who said the grunge rock group Nirvana sexually exploited him by putting a photo of him as a naked, four-month-old baby on the cover of its classic 1991 album "Nevermind." “Model Ann Kirsten Kennis sued Vampire Weekend for using a Polaroid of her from the ’80s for their album Contra,” he said. When asked whether it’s the first time someone has sued a band for an album cover, Danny said that it has happened before. “It’s hard not to pity Spender Elden for he has earned the wrath of music fans globally,” Danny told us and added that “It’s unclear if he was motivated by greed or desperation, regardless, he has tarnished a photograph which became symbolic of not only the ’90s grunge scene but Nirvana’s stab at corporate greed.” According to Dan, it’s ironic that the baby depicted chasing money grew up to be a baby chasing money. Bored Panda reached out to Danny Clayton, an Australian television and radio presenter, host and DJ with four ASTRA Award nominations who shared some thoughts on the infamous lawsuit.
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