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Soundgarden reunite at LA's Taylor Hawkins tribute show
Watch an all-star lineup including Dave Grohl, Kim Thayil and Taylor Momsen cover Soundgarden classics at LA’s Taylor Hawkins tribute concert

By Michael Astley-Brown Last updated

Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear and Matt Cameron also featured on roof-raising versions of The Day I Tried to Live and Black Hole Sun

Concert, Gigs & Tours
Kim Thayil and Taylor Momsen perform onstage during I Am The Highway: A Tribute To Chris Cornell at The Forum on January 16, 2019 in Inglewood, California.
Watch Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil shred with The Pretty Reckless on stage in Seattle

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

Thayil reprised his blistering solo on Only Love Can Save Me Now and performed Soundgarden’s Loud Love with the Taylor Momsen-fronted outfit

Artists
Kim Thayil and Steve Vai
Kim Thayil, Steve Vai and Wolf Marshall discuss legendary six-strings in these exclusive extracts from Greg Prato's Iconic Guitar Gear

By Matt Parker Last updated

Guitar World's Greg Prato has a new book, and it takes a close look at the gear choices of over 150 players, including Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads

Books
Singer/guitarist Chris Cornell (right) and guitarist Kim Thayil of Soundgarden pose for a portrait on December 1, 1993 in New York City, New York.
Chris Cornell and Kim Thayil dissect Soundgarden's masterpiece, Superunknown

By Jeff Kitts Published

In this classic 2014 interview, Cornell and Thayil break down the tones, tunings and ambition behind the album that made Soundgarden one of alternative rock's biggest bands

Music Releases
Kim Thayil performing live
Kim Thayil names 11 guitar players who shaped his sound

By Greg Prato Published

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

Guitarists
3rd Secret: Bubba DuPree, Matt Cameron, Krist Novoselic, Jennifer Johnson, Kim Thayil & Jillian Raye.
Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil and Matt Cameron launch new supergroup with Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

Hear 3rd Secret’s surprise-released debut album – which also features Bubba Dupree, Jennifer Johnson and Jillian Raye – now

Bands
Soundgarden perform at the Paramount Theatre on February 8, 2013 in Seattle, Washington
Kim Thayil on performing Soundgarden material with his former bandmates: "I think we'd wanna re-explore that and do that at some time in the future"

By Jackson Maxwell Published

Thayil added that he and his former Soundgarden comrades also have "an interest in doing new things"

Guitarists
Jerry Cantrell at the Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp
Watch Jerry Cantrell and Kim Thayil play Alice in Chains and Soundgarden songs with fans at Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp

By Matt Owen Published

Ain't Like That and Slaves & Bulldozers were among the tracks jammed by fans at the guitar titans' recent Sounds of Seattle rock camp

Events & Trade Shows
[L-R] Taylor Momsen and Ben Phillips of The Pretty Reckless
Taylor Momsen: “While grieving, I was depriving myself of what I loved most. When I picked up a guitar and started writing, the floodgates opened up”

By Jon Wiederhorn Published

The Pretty Reckless leader and guitarist Ben Phillips discuss how a series of tragedies left the band's future hanging in the balance, before they channeled their heartache to create their most powerful album to date, Death by Rock and Roll

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Kim Thayil
Kim Thayil on 30 years of Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger: “Right before we released the album, you could feel things were ready to explode”

By Joe Bosso Published

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

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