Facebook says Nevermind to Nirvana LP Cover

Facebook can't  decide how it feels about nudity regarding the cover of Nirvana's Nevermind ( which is celebrating its 20th-anniversary on the 27 September). The social networking site reportedly removed – and then later replaced – the artwork in its page for the 1991 album, initially finding the cover photograph violated the site's terms of use.

An iconic album cover in rock history, and the album that opened the doors to grunge, there is no getting away from the fact that the Nevermind sleeve features a baby in the nuddy. That 20-year-old controversy was revived this week when Facebook removed the image from the site's official fan page, according to the Hollywood Reporter, citing nudity.

In addition to a digital remaster, Universal Music is releasing deluxe packages that include studio demos, rehearsal recordings and producer Butch Vig's original mix of the album – the "Devonshire mixes". A 90-page book and DVD/Blu-Ray of Nirvana's Halloween 1991 concert in Seattle – the band's only concert ever shot to film – will also be available.

As for the owner of Nirvana's most provocative, er, member, Spencer Elden is notoriously proud of his place in rock history. "Quite a few people in the world have seen my penis," he told NPR in 2008. "So that's kinda cool." The son of a friend of Nirvana's photographer, Elden is now 20.


Thanks to the Guardian

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