Dave Grohl, the former drummer of legendary rock band Nirvana, has shared his thoughts on the Nevermind album cover after it recently sparked a child exploitation lawsuit.
The 1991 album depicts a naked four-month-old baby reaching for a dollar bill in a swimming pool.
And on August 24, it was reported that the baby in question, now a 30-year-old man, is taking legal action against the band on alleged child pornography charges.
Now, Grohl, a founder and vocalist of the band, Foo Fighters, has said that he has "many ideas" about how the cover of the album could be changed.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, Grohl said: "I have many ideas of how we should alter that cover but we’ll see what happens. We’ll let you know. I’m sure we’ll come up with something good."
When asked about the lawsuit specifically, the 52-year-old musician said: "I think that there’s much more to look forward to and much more to life than getting bogged down in those kinds of things. And, fortunately, I don’t have to do the paperwork."
Spencer Elden, the man who appeared on the album cover and launched the legal suit, alleged that that the image displayed his genitals without his consent.
Elden claimed that neither he nor legal his guardians signed a release authorizing the use of his photo on the cover and that the band's frontman, Kurt Cobain, had promised to conceal his crotch with a warning sticker.
He is seeking damages from the remaining members of the band, Cobain's estate, and from photographer Kirk Weddle, who took the original image.
The lawsuit states that Elden suffered "extreme and permanent emotional distress with physical manifestations, interference with his normal development and educational progress lifelong loss of income earning capacity."
His attorney later asked that the cover replace the famous image for a 30th-anniversary edition.
Following news of the suit, an interview with Elden, in which he revealed why he hates the album artwork, began to resurface.
He told GQ back in 2016: "I'm p***ed off about it, to be honest. I’ve been going through it my whole life. 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."
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