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Soundgarden is set to release its final album that will feature late frontman Chris Cornell, lead guitarist, Kim Thayil, revealed in a May 5 interview.
With Soundgarden, Kim Thayil often experimented with how he played guitar, changing the strings’ tunings and incorporating feedback into the band’s sound. He brings that sense of musical ...
Credit: Alberto E. Rodriguez/WireImage Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil says that his late friend and bandmate Chris Cornell would be “stoked” about the Seattle grunge legends being inducted ...
Kim Thayil says that even before Chris Cornell‘s death in 2017, the members of Soundgarden would have conversations about the band being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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 Aerosmith, and whichever other hair-flipping rock ...
Soundgarden were working on a new album at the time of Chris Cornell‘s death in 2017, but surviving members Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, and Ben Shepherd have been struggling to complete it in ...
Here’s how it works. Guild has unveiled a signature guitar collaboration with Kim Thayil, offering two takes on his go-to S-100 Polara – one super high-end, the other more affordable, both super cool ...
By Gary Graff Soundgarden‘s Kim Thayil was caught unawares when he learned about the band’s second Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination on Tuesday (Jan. 31). “It was not no my radar ...
Kim Thayil acknowledges that he "wasn't sure" if he was ready to get out and play in public again when Wayne Kramer called him earlier this year to be Part of MC50. By Gary Graff Kim Thayil ...
Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil admits he was a little skeptical the first time he heard of Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp. But after participating as a special guest last year, he jumped at the ...
Kim Thayil says that even before Chris Cornell‘s death in 2017, the members of Soundgarden would have conversations about the band being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.