Give this article Spencer Elden says he has grown. Photo by Vancouver Sun / Postmedia Network / FilesĮlden was interviewed in 2003 at age 12 by Rolling Stone magazine about the photo, saying he was “probably gonna get some money from it,” and recreated the image as an adult in 2016 with “Nevermind” tattooed on his chest. Spencer Elden, 30, says Nirvana engaged in child pornography when the band used a picture of him naked on the cover of the breakthrough album.

Kurt Cobain from Nirvana plays at the PNE Forum for what would be the band’s last show in Vancouver, Jan.

The lawsuit stemmed from Nirvana’s use of a photo taken by Weddle in 1991 at the Pasadena Aquatic Center in California, which depicted Elden swimming naked toward a dollar bill pierced with a fish hook. Other defendants included Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, late lead singer Kurt Cobain’s widow Courtney Love, several record labels and photographer Kirk Weddle.

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Nirvana nevermind cover controversy