The album was released on 24 September 1991, with a wryly anti-capitalist cover – an underwater shot of a naked baby reaching for a dollar bill on a hook – and little marketing or airplay (“I can’t understand what the guy is saying,” radio programmers initially complained). The title did not stick – “Sheep” became Nevermind – but Cobain’s predictions were not far off. SHEEP.” The band were, his pun-filled ad read, “No 1 on billbored top 100 for 36 consecutive weaks… 2 times on the cover of Bowling Stoned, Hailed as the most original thought provoking and important band of our decade by Thyme & Newsweak”. Alongside it he scribbled promotional material for the album: “NIRVANA.
The 22-year-old Cobain, who was living with his girlfriend Tracy Marander in Olympia, Washington, sketched in his journal a money-making scheme for him and Nirvana’s bassist Krist Novoselic: a flyer for “Pine Tree Janitorial Service”.
Their debut, Bleach, had been well received on its release the year before, but their indie label Sub Pop was broke, as was the band. Yes, ironic, given my dig at the lawyers who filed this.In 1990, Kurt Cobain was working on songs for Nirvana’s second album, “Sheep”. This is a losing case, and they didn’t even bother to spell check Kurt Cobain’s name to make sure it was spelled correctly throughout the pleadings.Įdited for clarity. The photo of the naked baby is a symbol in a commentary on society and greed, not something designed to appeal to prurient interests or arouse sexual gratification. The article discusses the photo shoot and the steps of adding the dollar bill and editing the photo to make the album cover. Their argument is undercut by the article they reference in their pleadings. The pleadings reference the relevant federal statutes the define child pornography and related crimes, as well as a seminal case ( Dost) that federal courts use to determine whether an image is child pornography. There is a link to the pleadings in the Pitchfork article that accompanies this thread. I am a lawyer, and you’re correct that the plaintiff will have to prove that the cover photo is child pornography.
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