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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.
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...
Learn how Kim Thayil, the lead guitarist of Soundgarden, developed his unique style and tone with the Guild S-100, a guitar model that was discontinued in 1978. Find out how he worked with Guild to bring back the S-100 and launch his signature Polara model.
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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.
- Dave Everley
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 ...
- Phil Weller
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.
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)
