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| The Nirvana Nevermind Baby |
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| Friday, 25 January 2008 | |
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What would it be like to know the vast majority of Generation X and Y has seen you naked? When I saw this photo I was blown away. This is Spencer Elden, the infamous baby chasing a single from Nirvana's Nevermind album cover. He is now 17 and finishing up his final year of high school in LA. It is amazing to think of the part he played in music history without ever having experienced it. He must've been about 3 when Kurt Cobain died. Its a good thing that mp3's live forever.   Jason Lazarus, a photographer and college instructor, shot Elden at his home in Los Angeles. The shoot was in conjunction with the Nirvana Project, which Lazarus started by asking some of his friends to relate their first experience with the revolutionary Seattle rock group. I couldn't tell you a thing about the first time I heard Soundgarden or The Chili Peppers, but I was in 4th grade, on the bottom bunk in John Lyon's room with a shitty cassette recorder when I first heard Something in the Way. For more on the project, visit jasonlazarus.com. If you would like to share your experience with Jason and the rest of us, email your story and a photo to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it source: jasonlazarus.com New Article: Myspace Man Finds Creative Use For Extra Banknotes. Set as favorite Bookmark
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  written by uk ya, April 29, 2008
you're the one who likes all our pretty songs and he likes to sing along, but he, don't know what is means, don't know what is means, when I say ya
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written by Mitchell Lawson , April 25, 2008
This photo represents Nirvana at that time.Cobain and his bandmates (the naked cute baby) are in over their heads in the fame and riches (the water) and get the feeling they're just in this for the for the money (self explanitory). Lay off them!
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written by justin, February 16, 2008
incredible-what an icon for the 90s. he's got to feel proud and awkward at the same time.
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written by Alex, February 15, 2008
"He is not really the baby from the cover. The baby actually from the cover is a female."
^^ HAHA. I don't know what kind of chicks you've been with but normal girls don't have penises. report abuse
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written by Zjarr, February 11, 2008
is it not strange that even with all the weights lying around that he is still scrawny???
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written by Skipper, February 05, 2008
Ok, so I thought that ROP's comment was hilarious, but that's probably because I love taking photographs of fake semen on expensive women's clothing. The clothes, not the women, they are cheap.
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written by Jenny, February 04, 2008
I have heard of this before. I think it was on the radio. This is the first time I've seen him or a picture of him. He's pretty cute.
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written by Sue, February 04, 2008
Yes, it is him, and I remember when the album came out and there was controversy. I saw, somewhere, a video interview in which Cobain stated that he would not let them edit out the penis unless they put a sticker on it that read, "If you are offended by this you must be a closet pedophile." There is nothing sexual about it, people. There's a plethora of resources to verify that Spencer is indeed the baby, and I'm not talking about the internet either. There's paperwork to prove copyright, etc.
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written by John, February 03, 2008
Deez - I *think* he was kidding. And "penii"? Whats a penius?
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written by Matthew, February 03, 2008
He is not really the baby from the cover. The baby actually from the cover is a female.
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written by Anonymous, February 02, 2008
he wasn't trying to look at the 17 years old penis, he was only stating that this was a picture of him when he was a baby, and that it's a shame he never really got to know the Nirvana band until this age. Thats all. Get a life and gripe about something worth while, because you have no clue whatsoever what u were complaining about.
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written by Deez, January 31, 2008
He's 17. You're requesting nude pictures of a 17 year old boy so you can compare it to a photo of him as a little baby.
Most likely so you can compare the penii. You freakin perv. Allow me to indulge your fantasy. Its bigger and its got more hair now. If this was a 17 year old girl you were requesting nudes of everyone and their mother would be calling you a pedo and the Party Van would be mobilizing to your driveway. report abuse
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written by punksnot19, January 31, 2008
@ ROP - Umm...awkward...
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written by ReaderofPost, January 28, 2008
... now if we could only see a before and after, and compare what has developed over the years, this would be an interesting article.
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