https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Thayil
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

https://www.loudersound.com/features/soundgarden-kim-thayil-interview-2014
Kim Thayil has a voice as slow and deep as continental drift. When Soundgarden's guitarist talks about his band, his music and occasionally himself, it's with a steamrolling and near-hypnotic deliberation. He talks it like he plays it: articulate, dense, freighted with intelligence and often going against the grain of expectation.

https://guitar.com/features/interviews/kim-thayil-soundgarden-guild-s-100-interview/
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.

https://www.guitarworld.com/features/kim-thayil-soundgarden-badmotorfinger-at-30
For the longest time, Kim Thayil ranked Screaming Life and Superunknown as his favorite Soundgarden discs. "I would go back and forth between the two, based on the material, the production and the feeling in the band at those times," he says. ... Formed in Seattle in 1984 by Thayil, singer-guitarist Chris Cornell and bassist Hiro Yamamoto

https://www.guitarworld.com/news/soundgarden-kim-thayil-pete-thorn-interview
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

https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/kim-thayil-talks-soundgardens-future-playing-with-rebooted-mc5-his-favorite-band-ever/
Back in the mid-'70s, Kim Thayil was a Chicagoland teen listening to bands like Kiss and Aerosmith, and whichever other hair-flipping rock bands were featured in Creem and Circus magazines

https://www.premierguitar.com/artists/interview-soundgardens-kim-thayil
Learn about the guitarist's gear, style, and influences on Soundgarden's comeback album, King Animal. Thayil talks about his Guild S-100s, chorus pedals, mandolin, and more.

https://www.revolvermag.com/music/soundgardens-kim-thayil-picks-quintessential-grunge-band
In an interview with Lifeminute, Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil shares his opinion on what defines grunge music. He praises Mudhoney as the quintessential grunge band for their fuzzy and distorted sound, style and attitude.

https://www.guitarworld.com/features/kim-thayil-soundgarden-badmotorfinger
30 years on, as Thayil speaks to TG from his home in Seattle, his thoughts are focused on the album that stands tall as the pinnacle of Soundgarden's career - a career which ended, tragically, with the death of Chris Cornell in 2017.

https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/soundgarden-kim-thayil-reaction-2023-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-nomination-1235209310/
The guitarist reacts to the band's second nomination in 2023 and reflects on their legacy and challenges. He also talks about his side project 3rd Secret and the tribute concert for Taylor Hawkins.

https://metalinjection.net/news/soundgardens-kim-thayil-recalls-seattles-diverse-music-scene-grunge-only-being-a-marketing-term
Kim Thayil, the guitarist of Soundgarden, talks about the pre-Nirvana era of Seattle's indie underground punk movement and how they evolved their own style. He also reveals why they didn't use the term "grunge" to describe their music.

https://www.musicradar.com/news/soundgardens-kim-thayil-im-not-on-a-first-name-basis-with-my-gear-i-just-know-its-mr-mesaboogie-and-mr-guild
Cornell, guitarist Kim Thayil, bassist Ben Shepherd and drummer Matt Cameron united to form an alt-rock leviathan that veered violently between devastating heaviness and psychedelic wigouts - it's this transcendent dynamism that's captured on new concert film Live From The Artists Den, a 29-song, two-and-a-half-hour document of the band's final stop on their 2013 King Animal tour.

https://metalinjection.net/news/kim-thayil-explains-why-chris-cornell-played-guitar-on-the-verses-of-black-hole-sun
Soundgarden lead guitarist Kim Thayil reveals how frontman Chris Cornell played the arpeggios on the verses of "Black Hole Sun" after he failed to master them. He also explains the technical challenges and the Leslie cabinet setup that made it impossible to punch in.

https://www.kerrang.com/soundgardens-kim-thayil-we-werent-out-to-get-laid-we-werent-out-to-get-high-we-just-wanted-to-make-you-fucking-hurt
2019. In 1981, Kim Thayil went for a drive that would change his life. At the time the 21-year-old was in a state of personal turmoil. The Chicago native's band Identity Crisis had split, his

https://www.therevolverclub.com/blogs/the-revolver-club/kim-thayil-a-little-known-guitar-legend-with-origins-in-kerala
Kim Thayil and Soundgarden's unique approach to rock shaped an entire culture for Seattle's grunge rock. His story is hugely inspiring, a second generation immigrant in a town where he had to deal with segregation and often subtle racism, Kim managed to find his own footing, and let his guitar do all the talking. Kim Anand Thayil was born in Seattle in 1960, his parents migrated from Kerala to

https://www.guitarworld.com/features/kim-thayil-soundgarden-11-guitar-players-who-shaped-his-sound
Kim Thayil names 11 guitar players who shaped his sound. As a co-founding member of Soundgarden, Kim Thayil has written and performed some of the hardest and heaviest riffs of all time, spanning the drop-D swagger of Flower to the relentless grind and pterodactyl squeals of Jesus Christ Pose. With his trusty Guild S-100 in hand, Thayil also

https://www.spin.com/2020/06/soundgardens-kim-thayil-on-protests-quarantine-and-teaming-up-with-brandi-carlile/
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 20: Kim Thayil of MC50 performs on stage at The Trusts Arena on February 20, 2020 in Auckland, New Zealand. Known as MC50 for the “Ol’ Black Eyes Is

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/krist-novoselic-matt-cameron-kim-014034273.html
Kim Thayil, former Soundgarden guitarist, is part of a new band called 3rd Secret, along with Krist Novoselic (Nirvana) and Matt Cameron (Pearl Jam, Soundgarden). The band released their self-titled debut album on April 11th, featuring folk, indie, and alternative rock sounds.

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Kim Thayil will be joining MC50 on tour this Summer. Kim Thayil will be joining MC50 on tour this Summer. Get dates/tickets now at https://mc50th.com. Jul 11th 2019. read more. view all news. Videos. Fell On Black Days. Jesus Christ Pose (Remastered Audio) Black Rain. Outshined. view all videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQyDS3LDyh0
Legendary musician and guitarist Kim Thayil, responsible for those rip-roaring riffs and unmistakable sounds, says he had to practice about a dozen or so old

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfTdVo3QYOE
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

https://www.stereogum.com/2267706/melvins-dale-crover-announces-new-album-glossolalia-feat-tom-waits-kim-thayil-ty-segall-rob-crow-more/music/
Tom Waits, Kim Thayil, Ty Segall, Rob Crow, & More. New Music June 12, 2024 2:08 PM By Chris DeVille. Melvins' Dale Crover Announces New Album Glossolalia Feat. Tom Waits, Kim Thayil, Ty Segall

https://www.guitarworld.com/news/kim-thayil-soundgarden-guild-s-100-polara
Now, finally, Guild has announced the Thayil x Guild range of signature S-100 Polara models. Two versions of the S-100 Polara Kim Thayil will be available: a flagship USA Artist Edition and a production-line guitar. The USA model is a limited run of 30 guitars master-built in Guild's California facility. It features a Honduran mahogany body

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Watch on. Krist giving the inside scoop to the POWER HOUR on AXIOS TV on forming the band 3rd Secret with Kim Thayil and Matt Cameron of Soundgarden! Watch as he tells the incredible story of how 22 years of jamming ultimately led to forming this iconic supergroup. Salvador Dali "LA DIVINE COMÉDIE". Matt and Taylor duet!!.

https://www.spin.com/2024/06/melvins-dale-crover-solo-album/
Melvins drummer Dale Crover has enlisted a host of well-known friends for his third solo album, Glossolalia, which will be released Sept. 13 through Joyful Noise Recordings. The project features a