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Sleep’s new guitarist was once nearly drafted into Soundgarden
In his new memoir, Kim Thayil reveals that Chris Cornell wanted Bubba Dupree to join Soundgarden before they split up in the late ’90s
Kim Thayil on how Soundgarden took rock guitar into the superunknown – and the unfinished Chris Cornell tapes
With the Soundgarden guitarist‘s memoir, A Screaming Life, out now, he unpacks the story behind one of the most influential rock bands of the ’90s
Kim Thayil reveals his battles over Soundgarden’s Superunknown and Black Hole Sun
The Seattle guitar icon recalls the tensions behind the making of Soundgarden’s masterpiece in this exclusive excerpt from his memoir A Screaming Life
Bought from grunge icons and stolen before Soundgarden reunited – the story of Ben Shepherd’s 1972 Fender Jazz Bass
Shepherd was robbed of all his music gear in 2008 just as he was about to mix his first solo album
Jim Carrey remembers Chris Cornell and Soundgarden’s generous guitar gift as he inducts them into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Soundgarden played on the night with Mike McCready and Jerry Cantrell, while Olivia Rodrigo honored The White Stripes, the Tedeschi Trucks Band covered The Beatles, and Flea performed with Stevie Wonder
Ben Shepherd reveals his fears surrounding Chris Cornell’s final tour – and names the producer of the new Soundgarden record
Shepherd has opened up about Cornell’s death, and confirmed a familiar face has returned to help the group for their next outing
Joe Satriani pays tribute to Chris Cornell with instrumental cover of Audioslave’s Be Yourself
The virtuoso features on the latest track from King Ultramega, a tribute project for the late Soundgarden frontman
Kim Thayil on the time Chris Cornell tuned all his guitar strings to E – and the Soundgarden song that came from it
Thayil and Cornell's penchant for alternate tunings is no secret, and Soundgarden’s repertoire continuously pushed the envelope of what tunings are even possible
