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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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Now that Soundgarden are going in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, guitarist Kim Thayil has started the campaigning for other deserving acts. Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament famously turned up at their ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
This interview was originally published in Kerrang! issue 1749. Later this evening, Kim Thayil will take to the stage of the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire. He’s playing as a member of MC50 ...
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.