One of many greatest controversies in rock music this yr has been the lawsuit towards Nirvana by Spencer Elden, who’s depicted as a child on the quilt of the band’s 1991 album Nevermind. However, this is not the primary time a band has discovered themselves in the sort of scenario.
There have really been a ton of lawsuits towards bands over album paintings all through musical historical past, however for the sake of retaining issues associated to the case of Nirvana and Elden, we’re specializing in those that have been filed towards bands by the individuals, or fashions, who’re really featured on the covers.
Maybe some of the well-known examples is The Rolling Stones’ 1978 album Some Women, which marked their transition towards disco and funk rock, and likewise initially had some very well-known faces on the quilt along with the band members. The group of girls and their relations sued the Stones, who finally determined to place out a distinct model of the quilt with solely the musicians’ faces as a substitute.
“On the unique album there have been old style movie stars, however as a result of we have been silly and by no means bought permission from them, we bought stopped quite a bit from utilizing them,” Mick Jagger later informed Yahoo! of the paintings.
That is a scenario the place the band did not really ask permission to make use of the pictures, which is similar for a number of others on our listing as properly. Nonetheless, Elden’s case is exclusive in that his mother and father have been those who gave the band consent to make use of his photograph on Nevermind, as he was solely a child in the course of the photoshoot.
Nonetheless, he has celebrated the album cowl in recent times, so lots of eyebrows have been raised when the information broke that he was now claiming that the photograph is youngster pornography. Particularly as a result of, as Dave Grohl identified, he has a Nevermind tattoo.
To seek out out extra about different comparable circumstances, scroll via our gallery under.
7 Occasions Rock Bands Had been Sued By Album Cowl Fashions
These individuals aren’t glad to be a part of musical historical past.
