Wallace used digital reverb and equalisation to improve the sound from the room mics, and blended samples behind the snare and kick drum sounds to beef them up. Both Vig and the band were present during a mixing process that saw Wallace expend much of his energy doctoring a drum sound that, despite Grohl's hammer-blows, band and producer felt to be lacking. "If it had only sold 50,000 copies, probably wouldn't have had any comments on whether it was too slick, or not slick enough." Butch VigĬobain favoured Wallace for his work on Slayer's 1990 album Seasons In The Abyss. 22 motion to dismiss the first amended complaint, Nirvana’s lawyers argued that Elden’s willingness to associate himself with the Nevermind cover over the years - such as selling autographed copies of the cover and at one point recreating the photograph as an adult for a paying gig - proved he didn’t suffer any damages.What was Kurt singing about? Characteristically enigmatic, he told the NME in 1991: "It's about, hey brother, especially sister, throw away the fruit and eat all the rind." For millions of teenagers, it would be the sound of a musical revolution.īutch Vig had originally been assigned the job of producing and mixing the album, but with the sessions going way beyond their original schedule, Nirvana's label and management suggested that a fresh pair of ears was brought in for the mixing process.Īndy Wallace has since mixed a succession of highly acclaimed rock records including Jeff Buckley's Grace and At The Drive-In's Relationship Of Command, but at the time he was near the bottom of a list that included REM collaborator Scott Litt, who would later be called in to remix the singles on In Utero and produce Nirvana's MTV Unplugged show. It is as simple as that.”Įlden’s lawyers did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone‘s request for comment on the dismissal motion Monday. “Elden’s decision to not sue these defendants for the past 30 years, despite his decades-long knowledge of their same and unvaried conduct, is dispositive of his claim. “The time has run,” the new filing states. In their new dismissal motion, Nirvana’s lawyers said Elden’s second amended complaint failed to “identify any new victimization” that Elden “reasonably discovered for the first time after August 2011.” 3, lawyers for Elden filed a second amended complaint a week later that dropped a claim related to sex trafficking while adding more language to address alleged conduct within the last 10 years that would restart the 10-year statute of limitations on the child pornography claims.įor example, Elden and his legal team said the band celebrated Nevermind‘s 30th anniversary by re-releasing the album last September while continuing “to feature a lascivious exhibition of Spencer’s genitals on the cover.” In his initial lawsuit filed last August, Elden claimed the band - along with co-defendants including Universal Music Group, the David Geffen Company, Courtney Love as executor of Kurt Cobain’s estate and photographer Kirk Weddle - intentionally “leveraged the shocking nature” of his image as a naked 4-month-old baby swimming toward a dollar bill on a fishhook to make millions of dollars “at his expense.”Īfter a judge dismissed the case Jan. This case must end,” the lawyers wrote in their motion obtained by Rolling Stone. 12 should be dismissed with prejudice, meaning he should be sent packing without a chance to try again. In a new filing in federal court in Los Angeles, lawyers for the group say Spencer Elden’s second amended complaint filed Jan. Nirvana says the man pictured as the naked baby on its Nevermind album cover has milked his child pornography claims against the band long enough.