One New York Times article I found from the 1990s suggested that there was a clean US version of a Catherine Wheel album which omitted entire tracks (according to Discogs it was the track "Eat My Dust You Insensitive F***" from Happy Days which was cut, though only from the US cassette version the track looks to have been present on all British releases). This resulted in gaps in the vocal track of songs, and resulted in one Nirvana song being renamed to "Waif Me". "If there is a 30th anniversary re-release, he wants for the entire world not to see his genitals," Mabie told The Associated Press.I know that due to the refusal of certain US chains such as Wal-Mart to stock music that contained explicit content, many of the major American labels produced clean versions of affected albums in order to get them on the shelves of major discount chains. He also wants the album art altered for any future re-releases, according to his lawyer Maggie Mabie. The legal battle comes about ahead of a 30th anniversary reissue of the classic album, for which Elden wants his image censored. And, fortunately, I don't have to do the paperwork."
On the litigation, he added: "I think that there's much more to look forward to and much more to life than getting bogged down in those kinds of things. I'm sure we'll come up with something good."
"I have many ideas of how we should alter that cover but we'll see what happens," he said. He alleged the snap was an example of child pornography and sexual exploitation and, in response, Grohl told Britain's The Sunday Times newspaper it could be altered in the future.
The group's second album, released in 1991, is an all-time classic, but courted controversy after Spencer Elden, the child who appears in the artwork, sued later singer Kurt Cobain's estate over the nude image. Dave Grohl has "many ideas" to change the cover artwork for Nirvana's Nevermind album.
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