Soundgarden and Pearl Jam drummer, Matt Cameron, recently posted a photo of himself in the studio with Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic. It is quite an amazing combination and the sessions took place at Avast! Recording Co. in Seattle, WA, with Matt indicating the guys were “tracking” something. Cameron launched a solo career in 2017 with the release of his solo album “Cavedweller.”
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Nirvana dismisses lawsuit
Nirvana has officially shut down the lawsuit of child-pornography and sex-trafficking that one Spencer Elden, the 30-year-old man who appeared on the cover of Nevermind as a baby – levied back in August.
The Nirvana defendants were attempting to dismiss the suit with prejudice, describing as “not serious” the idea that the Nevermind cover constitutes child pornography.
UMG, Nirvana, and others just recently submitted the corresponding motion, which follows an evidently futile meeting between their counsel and the plaintiff’s attorneys on Monday, December 13th. The document emphasizes that both the “alleged violation of the federal child pornography statute” and the “alleged violation of the federal sex trafficking of children statute” are “barred by the applicable statute of limitations.”
“Elden has spent three decades profiting from his celebrity as the self-anointed ‘Nirvana Baby,’” the firmly worded text proceeds. “He has reenacted the photograph in exchange for a fee, many times; he has had the album title ‘Nevermind’ tattooed across his chest; he has appeared on a talk show wearing a self-parodying, nude-colored onesie; he has autographed copies of the album cover for sale on eBay; and he has used the connection to try to pick up women.”
On the sex-trafficking aspect, in addition to the aforementioned statute of limitations argument, UMG and the other defendants state that the corresponding statute went into effect in 2003, and it contains “no retroactive application to conduct by a defendant that pre-dates its effective date.”
“As the law precludes Elden from advancing a private cause of action for sex trafficking under a statute that did not exist at the time of the alleged trafficking,” the text states, “he has no ability to pursue this claim—full stop.”
Lastly, detailed examples (including interviews) that aim to demonstrate Elden’s longtime knowledge of the album cover, the filing for good measure takes aim at potential “violations of the child pornography statute that occurred on or after August 24, 2011, e.g., a mailing of a copy of the ‘Nevermind’ album after 2011” – though Elden “has not yet” made such an argument.
