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child pornography lawsuit filed by the grown-up naked baby featured on the cover of Nirvana’s album “Nevermind” smells like an “absurd” cash grab, lawyers for the band say.A motion to dismiss the litigation was filed on behalf of Kurt Cobain’s estate and the surviving members of Nirvana in a California federal court Wednesday.Spencer Elden, 30, accused the Seattle grunge outfit of telling him to “Come As You Are” without consent over the summer, after being photographed swimming naked in a pool

Nirvana have filed an official response to a lawsuit from the man who was photographed as a baby for the cover of ‘Nevermind’.Spencer Elden, 30, is suing the band over the photo of him as an infant, in which he appears naked and swimming after a dollar bill in a swimming pool.

One of the most memorable parts of the trailers for “The Batman” is the use of Nirvana’s “Something in the Way” to underscore the darkness and the vibe of the film. This isn’t comic book Batman.

with Empire magazine.His inspiration — like that of Gen Xers everywhere — was Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain.“When I write, I listen to music, and as I was writing the first act, I put on Nirvana’s ‘Something In The Way,'” Reeves, 55, told Empire.

Robert Pattinson will star a Bruce Wayne in Matt Reeves‘ upcoming The Batman movie.

The Batman director and writer Matt Reeves has explained how Robert Pattinson’s character was inspired by Nirvana‘s Kurt Cobain.Pattinson is set to take up the role of the Caped Crusader in the film, which lands in cinemas on March 4 next year.

Robert Pattinson’s take on Bruce Wayne in “The Batman” was inspired by the late ’90s music icon and Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.

Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has reflected on his band’s debut album, saying he believed they would be “the next Nirvana“.After forming in 1992, Weezer released their first self-titled album – dubbed ‘The Blue Album’ – in May 1994, a month after the death of Kurt Cobain and the dissolution of grunge heroes Nirvana.Speaking to Rolling Stone for their Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums podcast, Cuomo and his bandmates discussed the writing and recording of the album, and how they believed it

Kurt Cobain’s childhood homes is up for sale.The Nirvana frontman lived at the house in Montesano, Washington, with his father following his parent’s divorce.Cobain was 11 years old when he arrived at the house in 1978 and lived there until 1982.When Cobain’s father re-married, his stepmother and her two children moved into the house.

has more than 65 tattoos including portraits of late singers Kurt Cobain and Lil Peep, Jesus Christ, a Playboy bunny, President John F. Kennedy and many, many more.The Texan previously shed some light on his extensive body art and explained why he decided to get tattoos.

The man who appeared on the cover of Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ album as a baby has submitted an updated lawsuit against the band and their label, attempting to further his claim that the image of him swimming naked on that record’s artwork amounts to “commercial child pornography”.Submitted earlier this week, the amended lawsuit more sharply focusses on Kurt Cobain and photographer Kirk Weddle, further pushing the claim that both intended the image of the four month old baby to be sexual.At the

Kurt Cobain biopic Montage of Heck, has reportedly been enlisted for an upcoming David Bowie film project.According to Variety, Morgen has spent the last four years working on the project, which has involved looking through thousands of hours worth of performance footage, the majority of which has never been circulated.A source described the work to Variety as “neither documentary nor biography, but an immersive cinematic experience built, in part, upon thousands of hours of never before seen

Manori Ravindran International EditorBrett Morgen, the freewheeling director behind “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,” “Jane” and “The Kid Stays in the Picture,” is finalizing a top-secret David Bowie project based on thousands of hours of rare performance footage of the musician, most of it previously uncirculated, sources confirm to Variety.Morgen has been at work on the Bowie film, for which an official title has not been disclosed, for the last four years.

after eight people died at his Astroworld Festival in Houston on Friday night. Fans were crushed to death amid a stampede that occurred shortly after the rapper took the stage.

Courtney Love thinks her late husband Kurt Cobain would have been a big fan of Succession.

Courtney Love has said she thinks Kurt Cobain would have been proud of the way Nirvana’s ‘Rape Me’ was used in a recent episode of Succession.Without giving away any spoilers, the popular HBO show included the controversial 1993 song – taken from the band’s third and final studio album, ‘In Utero’ – in a scene during Sunday’s (October 31) season three episode.The estate of the Nirvana frontman and primary songwriter is known for being selective about where his music is used.

Courtney Love says the team behind “Succession” really understood what is at the soul of Nirvana’s song “Rape Me”.

Brix Smith has claimed her brief Hole bandmate Courtney Love’s house felt "extremely charged" months after the death of Kurt Cobain. The former The Fall rocker spent just one day in the 'Celebrity Skin' group after she auditioned following the passing of bassist Kristen Pfaff, and she has hailed it as the "most action-packed, memory-stuffed 24 hours" of her life.

Nirvana‘s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ for the first time.The Absolute Radio presenter was speaking at a Q&A in front of an audience at an event celebrating the 30th anniversary of ‘Nevermind’ and the forthcoming reissue of the iconic album in London last night (November 1).“I shared a flat with a guy who worked in the warehouse at [record label] Beggars Banquet,” she told BBC Radio 6 Music’s Matt Everitt.

Nirvana and the star of the band’s iconic ‘Nevermind’ cover.Earlier this year, Spencer Elden – the child who appears in the artwork – sued the surviving members of Nirvana and Kurt Cobain’s estate, alleging the image was an example of child pornography and sexual exploitation.Maher hit out an Elden in a recent episode of his HBO talk show Real Time, delivering a monologue where he opined that “the words ‘victim’ and ‘survivor’ have travelled a long way from their original usage”.“The baby from

A few weeks back, Dave Elden launched a lawsuit against Nirvana over the cover of the band’s 1991 album Nevermind, which featured Elden, now 30, swimming naked in a pool when he was just 4 months old.

Dave Grohl has discussed the ongoing lawsuit between the cover star of Nirvana‘s iconic ‘Nevermind’ artwork and the band themselves.Earlier this year, Spencer Elden, the child who appears in the artwork, sued the surviving members of Nirvana and Kurt Cobain’s estate, alleging the image was an example of child pornography and sexual exploitation.After saying he had “many ideas of how we should alter that cover” in the future, Grohl has now further discussed the ongoing issue in a new

Dave Grohl has admitted that he was “scared” to write about Kurt Cobain‘s death in his new memoir The Storyteller.The book sees the Foo Fighters frontman share some of his life adventures from his early days growing up in the suburbs of Washington DC, to hitting the road at the age of 18, his time as drummer for Nirvana, and all the music that followed.Speaking in a new interview with Amanpour And Company, asked why he chose to write the chapter about Cobain’s death last, Grohl said: “‘Cause I

Kurt Cobain‘s Jag-Stang guitar to mark the recent 30th anniversary of Nirvana‘s ‘Nevermind’ album.The guitar is based on the late Cobain’s own custom model, which combined the guitarist’s favourite elements from his Fender Jaguar and Mustang guitars.The Jag-Stang also realised Cobain’s own designs and drawings, which could be found in his personal journals, for his ideal Fender guitar.

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Dave Grohl has revealed how his band, Foo Fighters, may never have happened if he didn’t have a chance encounter with an Irish hitchhiker.

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music,” the rocker recounts how he got a call — after Cobain overdosed at a Rome hotel on March 3, 1994 — saying that his Nirvana bandmate had died.“My knees gave out and I dropped the phone as I fell to my bedroom floor, covering my face with my hands as I began to cry,” writes Grohl, 52, in his book, which was released on Tuesday. “He was gone.

Dave Grohl is speaking out. In August, Spencer Elden – who was featured on Nirvana's "Nevermind" album cover in the nude as a baby – filed a lawsuit against Grohl, the estate of Kurt Cobain and several others associated with the rock band.

Dave Grohl has hinted that the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind could change for any subsequent reissues.He was speaking to The Sunday Times about the album after Spencer Elden, the child who appears in the artwork, sued Kurt Cobain’s estate alleging the image was an example of child pornography and sexual exploitation.Speaking about the cover, Grohl said: “I have many ideas of how we should alter that cover but we’ll see what happens. We’ll let you know.

The Raincoats has shared her first-ever solo single, ‘Feminist Song’ – you can listen to it below.The bassist and co-vocalist of Kurt Cobain‘s favourite band has released three versions of the new song – original, ambient mix and City Girl mix – which also includes her Raincoats bandmate Ana da Silva on the monotron.You can listen to the three different versions of ‘Feminist Song’ below:The 7-inch edition of ‘Feminist Song’ is being sold via Jack White’s Third Man Records – get it here.The new