Der Mann der auf dem legendären Cover des Nirvana-Albums Nevermind als Baby nackt abgebildet ist hat die Band wegen Kinderpornographie verklagt. Nirvana Nevermind Nirvana Nevermind Nirvana Pictures Nirvana Das Nevermind-Cover der US-Band Nirvana ist weltweit bekannt. Here, he recalls how he coaxed Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl into the pool and shares never-before-seen outtakes, including one image from the Nevermind cover shoot itself.Kevin Mazur ArchiveWireImage The star of Nirvanas iconic Nevermind album cover is now all grown up at 30. He was like, 'Wow, this is a drag.' But everybody was pretty good sports about it.' 'Kurt is not a really water-oriented guy. 'The guys were like, 'Wow, we've got to swim in this?'' he says with a laugh. Meanwhile, the water was cold enough that the photographer donned a wetsuit.

It was his first time meeting the band members, and they were exhausted – Kurt Cobain even took a nap. He'd had to bolt a rented drum kit to a ladder so they could flip it upside down in the water. When Weddle looks back on the shoot today, he's still struck by how difficult it was. Now, as Nevermind turns 25 this month, he's fully embraced the shoot and has teamed with the Austin, Texas–based Modern Rocks Gallery for a showcase of some of the 200 photos he took that day, including some never-before-seen alternate shots. 'Maybe 10, 15 years ago I got a few of them out and they looked pretty good,' he says. on October 28th, 1991, a very cold day in Los Angeles. But with these, they were like, 'We hate 'em.'' He subsequently stuffed them away in a closet for years.Īlthough the initial experience soured Weddle on the shoot, he's since come around to the photos, which he took between the band's tour dates at around 10 a.m. 'When I had shot the album cover, I was like the golden child. 'The record label didn't consider this a very successful shoot,' photographer Kirk Weddle says of the underwater photos he took of Nirvana to complement the cover he shot for Nevermind.

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