NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 10: Joan Jett performs with Dave Grohl of Nirvana onstage at the 29th Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Barclays Center of Brooklyn on April 10, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
Nirvana Nevermind, one of the most recognizable album covers, it came in at number 7 on Billboard’s list of “The 50 Greatest Album Covers of All Time”. Did you ever think of it as being “improper” in any way?
I didn’t. Never even considered it. But maybe I’m wrong as I’m not the kid on the cover.
Spencer Elden is that kid. And he has some thoughts of growing up being ‘that kid’:
Elden said some people think it’s cool that he’s “the Nirvana baby.” But, he added, women he dated would dump him when they found out he wasn’t making any money off it. And having friends talk about the naked photo was embarrassing, especially without any compensation to offset that humiliation, he said.