![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But recently I’ve been thinking, ‘What if I wasn’t OK with my freaking penis being shown to everybody?’ I didn’t really have a choice. The same month he told Australian GQ Magazine (opens in new tab), "I’ve been going through it my whole life. Dave Grohl has hinted the cover of Nirvanas Nevermind may change.The iconic artwork features the then-four-month-old Spencer Elden naked in a swimming pool reaching out for a dollar bill but. ago Been A Son I believe that on the 20th anniversary Nevermind re-release, they covered the penis with the little smiley-face, too. It’s cool but weird to be part of something so important that I don’t even remember." The label wanted to censor the cover but Kurt would only allow a sticker to cover the penis if the sticker said, If you’re offended by this, you must be a closet pedophile. It’s strange that I did this for five minutes when I was four months old and it became this really iconic image. He told the newspaper, "The anniversary means something to me. When the mixtape was sold separately for retail release on iTunes and in stores in 2015, the cover was censored. In 2016 Elden hooked up with the New York Post to recreate the iconic photo on its 25th anniversary. Nirvana Nevermind (1991) The album cover featured a naked, baby Spencer Elden with his penis exposed, swimming after a dollar bill. The cover remained unstickered, but it has continued to ruffle feathers: Back in 2011, the Nevermind artwork was briefly banned by Facebook (opens in new tab). Upon its release in 1991, several major US record chains refused to stock Nevermind, and frontman Kurt Cobain only agreed to the artwork being censored if any covering sticker read: ‘If you’re offended by this, you must be a closet paedophile’. Baby on Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ Album Cover Pleads to Censor His Genitalia From 30th Anniversary Artwork Spencer Elden, the naked swimming baby on Nirvanas 1991 album Nevermind cover. ![]()
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