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Kim Anand Thayil (born September 4, 1960) 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. Cornell and Thayil remained as the original members of the band until Cornell's death in 2017, and the band's subsequent ...
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 ...
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.
Dec 14, 2021 · Formed in Seattle in 1984 by Thayil, singer-guitarist Chris Cornell and bassist Hiro Yamamoto, Soundgarden pioneered an aggressively heavy and psychedelic sound that married the most walloping elements of heavy metal and punk, and the result soon became known as “grunge”.
May 5, 2024 · 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. In 2014, guitarist Kim Thayil sat down with Metal Hammer to look back over the Seattle band’s rollercoaster career.
2 days ago · Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil guests on a new song from Melvins drummer Dale Crover.. The track is called “I Quit” and appears on Crover’s upcoming solo album, Glossolalia. “It’s about trying to control people and thinking that you’re right about everything,” Crover says of “I Quit.” “It’s in a tuning that I call ‘Lazy Keith Richards.’
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.
Apr 21, 2024 · In an exclusive reveal from a print issue of Guitar Player magazine, lead guitarist Kim Thayil disclosed how the arpeggios penned by frontman Chris Cornell posed a unique challenge.
Feb 1, 2023 · Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil says the band's nomination as part of the 2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class was as a real surprise.
Jan 14, 2024 · Soundgarden 's guitarist Kim Thayil recently opened up to Killer Guitar Rigs about the scene pre- Nirvana, revealing a vibrant tapestry of influences and a unique identity brewing before...
