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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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Jerry Cantrell and Kim Thayil
Jerry Cantrell names Kim Thayil as the best guitar player from the Seattle grunge scene

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

Although Stone Gossard and Kurt Cobain were also in the running, the Alice in Chains leader cites Soundgarden’s lead guitarist as grunge’s greatest

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Brandi Carlile performs with Soundgarden onstage during I Am The Highway: A Tribute To Chris Cornell at The Forum on January 16, 2019 in Inglewood, California.
Brandi Carlile says she wants to be Soundgarden’s new singer

By Matt Parker Published

The alt-country star wants to carry on collaborating with Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd

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Brandi Carlile and Mike McCready
Mike McCready joins Brandi Carlile for faithful cover of Soundgarden’s Searching With My Good Eye Closed

By Matt Owen Published

Matt Cameron also joined the fray for the performance, which took place during Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Festival

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Kim Thayil
Soundgarden's Kim Thayil: "Badmotorfinger was our interpretation of the heavy, dark and psychedelic things we liked in music"

By Amit Sharma Published

On the 30th anniversary of the band's seminal album, the Soundgarden guitarist reveals the origins of his unique sound

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Kim Thayil (left) and Jerry Cantrell
Kim Thayil and Jerry Cantrell join forces to lead upcoming Sounds of Seattle rock camp

By Jackson Maxwell Published

The grunge-focused camp – which also features original Pearl Jam drummer Dave Krusen – will take place in Los Angeles from February 17-20, 2022

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Metallica
Metallica issue live covers of Soundgarden's All Your Lies and Head Injury on vinyl

By Sam Roche Published

The tracks were recorded during Metallica's set at 2019's I Am The Highway: A Tribute to Chris Cornell benefit concert

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Kim Thayil (left) and Brandi Carlile perform together at The Gorge Amphitheater on August 14, 2021
Watch Brandi Carlile play Black Hole Sun with the surviving members of Soundgarden

By Jackson Maxwell Published

The surprise guest appearance was Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd's first Washington performance together since Chris Cornell’s death in 2017

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Ben Shepherd, Matt Cameron and Kim Thayil of Soundgarden pose at "SiriusXM's Town Hall With Soundgarden" at Electric Lady Studio on November 14, 2012 in New York City.
Soundgarden reach temporary agreement with Chris Cornell’s estate over social media accounts and website

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

Both camps hail the move as “a productive first step towards healing and open dialogue” as Kim Thayil, Ben Shepherd and Matt Cameron regain access to the band’s official channels

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