

The band's third studio album, In Utero (1993), was also very popular, but not as popular as Nevermind. and popularized the Seattle grunge movement and alternative music. After being joined by drummer Dave Grohl, the band released its second album Nevermind, which is now one of the best-selling alternative rock albums of all time. The band released its first album, Bleach, in 1989 on the record label Sub Pop.

Nirvana formed in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987 by singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic, with the band having many different drummers. The discography of American rock band Nirvana includes three studio albums, three live albums, four compilation albums, twenty-one singles, two extended plays, and two box-sets. – Rappler.Kurt Cobain (foreground) and Krist Novoselic of Nirvana performing at the MTV Awards in 1992 The defendants include Nirvana band members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, late lead singer Kurt Cobain’s widow Courtney Love, several record labels and the photographer, Kirk Weddle.Ī hearing before US District Judge Fernando Olguin is scheduled for February 24. They quoted from a 2003 interview with Rolling Stone magazine in which Elden, then 12, said: “Every five years or so, somebody’s gonna call me up and ask me about Nevermind… and I’m probably gonna get some money from it.” Nevermind, which features the song “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” had album sales topping 30 million.Įlden’s latest complaint included details he hoped would show he filed the August 2021 lawsuit within the federal 10-year statute of limitations.īut Nirvana’s lawyers said Elden did not identify any “new victimization… which he reasonably discovered for the first time after August 2011 to re-start the clock.” The Nevermind album cover depicted Elden swimming naked toward a dollar bill pierced with a fish hook.Įlden has said the photo caused him “lifelong damages” while letting Nirvana reap tens of millions of dollars at his expense. This case must end.”Ī lawyer for Elden did not immediately respond on Tuesday, February 1, to requests for comment. “While there is no serious question that the photograph is not ‘child pornography,’ Elden’s case is long barred by the statute of limitations,” the band’s lawyers wrote. In a filing in Los Angeles federal court, the band said Spencer Elden waited too long to claim it sexually exploited him, dooming the third and latest version of his complaint. Nirvana has urged a US judge to dismiss for good the lawsuit by the man claiming that his depiction as a naked four-month-old baby on its 1991 album Nevermind was child pornography.
