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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

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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

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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

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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

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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"

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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
Roger "Buzz" Osborne from The Melvins performs at l' Alhambra on October 2, 2018 in Paris, France.
Hear Melvins cover Soundgarden’s Spoonman with Matt Cameron

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

The Soundgarden drummer joins Buzz Osbourne and co for a breakneck race through the grunge classic

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Jack Endino
Seattle production legend Jack Endino on his new solo album, recording Nirvana and Soundgarden, and his endless search for riffs he's never heard before

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The prolific producer on finding the time and the guitar tones for the epic Set Myself on Fire, and how he found his aesthetic by dismantling Led Zeppelin records

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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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Kim Thayil of Soundgarden performs on stage at Sleep Country Amphitheater on August 29, 2014 in Ridgefield, Washington.
Kim Thayil channeled the loss of Chris Cornell in his solo on the new Mastodon album

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

Bill Kelliher details how he and the Soundgarden guitarist approached the recording of Hushed and Grim’s Had It All

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