Spencer Elden

Spencer Elden (born July 9, 1991) is the baby / model who appeared on the iconic cover of Nirvana's album "Nevermind". Nirvana's record company had considered using a stock photograph of a swimming baby, but when that proved too expensive they hired photographer Kirk Weddle.Fact|date=February 2008 Weddle's friends Renata and Rick Elden allowed their son Spencer to be photographed underwater for a flat fee of $200. The hook, line, and dollar were superimposed at a later point. Fact|date=February 2008 After seeing the photo, Kurt Cobain (Nirvana's lead singer) and his wife Courtney Love agreed that they would take Spencer out to dinner when he got older [ [http://www.nardwuar.com/vs/nirvana/ Nardwuar vs. Nirvana] — an interview by Nardwuar, taken on Jan. 4, 1994;] . However, this never happened due to Cobain's death in 1994.

In 2001, Elden re-created the Nirvana album shot for "Rolling Stone" magazine, for "Nevermind's" tenth-anniversary. [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5934228/nirvana Nirvana: 10 years after Nevermind] — "Rolling Stone" article;] Elden has since appeared on the cover of cEvin Key’s "The Dragon Experience" in 2003. [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/5935817 Nirvana Baby Resurfaces] — "Rolling Stone".]

In 2005, the then 14 year old Spencer Elden appeared on the documentary DVD "". He also appeared on a (UK) Channel 4 show titled The 100 Greatest Albums and revealed his interpretation of the imagery used on the album cover, which was that it was all about the loss of innocence.Fact|date=August 2008

In a September 2006 interview with NME, Elden expressed his interest in meeting up with the remaining band members.

On August 16, 2007, in reference to the fact that his penis was visible on the album cover, Elden stated that he felt like a porn star: "It's kind of creepy that that many people have seen me naked. I feel like I'm the world's biggest porn star!" [ [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22257620-5006024,00.html Porn star status for Nirvana boy] — "Herald Sun".]

On July 23, 2008, NPR's "All Things Considered" aired an interview with Elden; at the time, he was a high school student in Los Angeles, California. [ [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92833535 Once Naked for Nirvana, Now a Teen Spirit.] - "NPR"]

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