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Guitar. Years active. 1980–present. Labels. A&M, SST, Sub Pop. Kim Anand Thayil [1] (born September 4, 1960) [2] [3] is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist of the Seattle -based rock band Soundgarden, which he co-founded with singer Chris Cornell and bassist Hiro Yamamoto in 1984.
Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil’s Guild S-100 is getting two new signature versions – here’s why he wanted to help Guild bring it back.
May 5, 2024 · published 5 May 2024. In 2014, Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil sat down with Metal Hammer to look back over his band’s rollercoaster career. (Image credit: Press) Soundgarden’s reunion in 2010 and subsequent comeback album King Animal two years later marked the return of one of the most successful and influential bands of the last 30 years.
Dec 18, 2023 · Kim Thayil has dismissed a review that called his guitar playing “sloppy” while detailing how his love for alternate tunings saw him disregard all he knew about shapes and scales. In an extensive interview with Pete Thorn, Thayil – arguably the most experimental guitarist to come out of the Seattle scene in the ‘90s – wasn’t coy ...
Oct 11, 2018 · By. Michael Rietmulder. Seattle Times music writer. After months of crate digging, he finally found it. Back in the mid-’70s, Kim Thayil was a Chicagoland teen listening to bands like Kiss and...
Dec 14, 2021 · published 14 December 2021. The guitarist charts the writing and recording of Soundgarden's 1991 commercial breakthrough, and explains how it ended up as his favorite of the Seattle pioneers' releases. (Image credit: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)
May 11, 2022 · Kim Thayil names 11 guitar players who shaped his sound. By Greg Prato. published 11 May 2022. From industrial rock titans and proto-punk pioneers to blues legends and rock ‘n’ roll royalty, the Soundgarden guitarist name-drops the players who have had the biggest impact on his playing. (Image credit: Dave Simpson/WireImage via Getty)
Oct 8, 2012 · Kim Thayil, the dropped-tuning lord of heavy grunge, walks us through the thickets of distortion, swirling psychedelic vortexes, and eastern-flavored motifs on Soundgarden''s epic return to form, King Animal. Photo by Chris Kies.
In this Clip, Soundgarden's lead guitarist Kim Thayil talks about Chris Cornell's development from the bands drummer to one of the most influential frontmen ...
Lifeminute. 6.16K subscribers. 16K views 2 years ago. ...more. Legendary musician and guitarist Kim Thayil, responsible for those rip-roaring riffs and unmistakable sounds, says he had to...
