As Nevermind hits its 30th anniversary, I was curious to discover how the album personally affected fans and musicians around the world. I was thrilled by Nevermind's sounds, but as a young music obsessive (who also happened to be a Muslim female Iraqi Brit), I felt sidelined by the press coverage around the record, and Seattle's burgeoning 'grunge' scene mainstream perspectives seemed overwhelmingly blokey, homogenously white and insular – at odds with Nirvana themselves, particularly their culturally inquisitive, masculine/feminine frontman Kurt Cobain.

When I hear its opening notes, I'm rocketed back to a teenage house party in suburban London in that darkened parlour, I could feel guitars and machines fighting for my soul. 30 to respond to the motion, but his legal team missed the deadline and so the case was dismissed.Thirty years after its release, Seattle rock trio Nirvana's breakthrough album Nevermind retains an evocative power. The defendants in the case - which included former band members, as well as Kurt Cobain's estate, photographer Kirk Weddle, Universal Music, Geffen Records, Warner Records and MCA Music - filed a motion to dismiss the case last month.Įlden had until Dec. Now 30, he was seeking $150,000 in damages. Elden was just 4 months old when he was photographed for the cover. Spencer Elden sued former members of the band in August 2021 for child exploitation and pornography, saying the band knowingly distributed a naked photo of him as a baby on the 1991 album cover and profited from it. Nirvana artifacts and exhibits are seen at the opening of 'In Bloom: The Nirvana Exhibition,' marking the 20th anniversary of the release of Nirvana's Nevermind album, in 2011 at the Loading Bay Gallery in London.Ī judge in California has dismissed a lawsuit filed against former band members of Nirvana over their iconic Nevermind album cover.

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