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The man who featured on the cover of Nirvana's 'Nevermind' album as a baby has had his lawsuit against the band dismissed. Spencer Elden was four months old when he was photographed naked in a swimming pool reaching out for a dollar bill for the group's iconic 1990 record and he filed suit claiming the image constitutes child pornography naming former bandmembers Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic in the suit as well as frontman Kurt Cobain's widow Courtney Love and photographer Kirk Weddle. However, U.S. District Judge Fernando Olguin dismissed the lawsuit in Los Angeles on Friday (02.09.22) stat...
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Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain is inspiring a new London opera. The fictionalised final days of the 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' singer - who took his own life in April 1994 aged 27 - were the inspiration for Gus Van Sant’s 2005 film 'Last Days' and now the Royal Opera House is creating a stage show based on the movie. The film's plot centred on a musician named Blake, who was based on Cobain, and his descent into a downward spiral of depression and substance abuse before his tragically premature demise. The opera will be composed by 31-year-old Oliver Leith, the ROH’s composer-in-residence, and di...
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Spencer Elden has re-filed his lawsuit against Nirvana over the artwork for 'Nevermind'. Elden - who was four months old when he was photographed naked in a swimming pool reaching out for a dollar bill on a fishing line for the band's iconic 1990 album - has reinstated his case after his initial complaint was dismissed by a judge last week. He has claimed the photo constitutes child pornography, and he filed papers on Wednesday (12.01.22) which ensured he met the judge's deadline to reinstate the case. Elden's initial case was thrown out after the 30 year old failed to respond after Nirvana an...
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Spencer Elden's lawsuit against Nirvana has been dismissed. Elden - who was four months old when he was photographed naked in a swimming pool reaching out for a dollar bill on a fishing line for the band's 1990 'Nevermind' album - sued the group last year for alleged sexual exploitation while claiming the cover constitutes child sex abuse. Lawyers representing surviving band members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic - as well as Kurt Cobain's widow Courtney Low and photographer Kirk Weddle - filed the motion last month. Elden's team were given until December 30 to respond but missed the deadline,...
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Nirvana is being sued by the baby from the 'Nevermind' album cover for alleged sexual exploitation Spencer Elden was four months old when he was photographed in a swimming pool reaching out for a dollar bill on a fishing line for the 1990 classic record's artwork. Now 30 years old, Elden has claimed his parents didn't sign a release authorising the the use of his image on the cover, and he has also alleged that the nude image is child pornography. As reported by the BBC, papers filed in California have claimed: "The images exposed Spencer's intimate body part and lasciviously displayed Spencer...
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Kurt Cobain's childhood home has officially been made a historical landmark. The late Nirvana frontman - who died by suicide aged 27 in 1994 - grew up in the modest property in Aberdeen, Washington, where he lived between 1968 and 1984. And Washington’s Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation has now added it to the Heritage Register for “historically significant sites and properties found throughout the state”. The owner of the property, Lee Bacon, has been busy restoring the house to its original condition and is set to open the doors for private tours next year. He's also announ...
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Nirvana legend Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love's former Hollywood home has been put on the market. The Asian-influenced property has been put up for sale for $998,000, and according to the listing, it's where the celebrity couple resided the year they welcomed their daughter, Frances Bean, now 28, into the world. The 2,458-square-foot abode was built in 1921 and features three bedrooms and three bathrooms. The upstairs part of the property includes two bedrooms and one bathroom, as well as panoramic views of Hollywood, while the lower level features one bedroom and one bathroom. Kurt - who took ...
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Dave Grohl felt lost in the aftermath of Kurt Cobain's death. The 52-year-old music star has admitted that the death of his Nirvana bandmate - who committed suicide in April 1994 - turned his life "upside down" and he wasn't sure what to do with himself for "months and months and months" afterwards. He recalled: "I didn’t really have a plan. When everything’s sort of turned upside down, and shaken up like that, you just wake up every day thinking, ‘Who am I, where am I, what am I doing?’ "I remember the day after Kurt died, how strange it felt to wake up knowing he wasn’t with us anymore, and ...
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Dave Grohl feels "concerned" for young music artists. The Foo Fighters rocker admits he worries about younger musicians just starting out in the industry and how they have to learn to "navigate success". He told The Sunday Times' Culture magazine: "Still, to this day, I’ll see a new artist in their early twenties having to navigate success and feel concerned for them. "Because at that point in life it’s hard for anyone to be prepared for the ... the trauma that comes with it. I look back, I think I was 22 when Nirvana became popular, and obviously I didn’t bear the same weight that Kurt did, b...
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