Chris Cornell and Kim Thayil dissect Soundgarden's masterpiece, Superunknown Guitar World
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," Thayil, who.
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Formed in Seattle in 1984 by Thayil, singer-guitarist Chris Cornell and bassist Hiro Yamamoto, Soundgarden pioneered an aggressively heavy and psychedelic sound that married the most walloping elements of heavy metal and punk, and the result soon became known as "grunge".
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For Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil, soloing in odd time signatures felt like it was "above his pay grade." As he told Pete Thorn in a recent interview, playing riffs if something is not your usual 4/4 isn't that much of a problem for him. However, doing lead parts in odd meters comes with its set of challenges.
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Cornell, guitarist Kim Thayil, bassist Ben Shepherd and drummer Matt Cameron united to form an alt-rock leviathan that veered violently between devastating heaviness and psychedelic wigouts - it's this transcendent dynamism that's captured on new concert film Live From The Artists Den, a 29-song, two-and-a-half-hour document of the band's final stop on their 2013 King Animal tour.
Q&A Soundgarden Guitarist Kim Thayil
Kim Anand Thayil [1] (born September 4, 1960) [2] [3] is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist of the Seattle -based rock band Soundgarden, which he co-founded with singer Chris Cornell and bassist Hiro Yamamoto in 1984.
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In 2012 Total Guitar's Rob Laing spoke to both Chris Cornell and Kim Thayil in separate interviews about their comeback album King Animal. But they also delved deeper into their relationship with guitar, and how they viewed each other as players. Looking back this is an interview shadowed with sadness, not just because of Chris Cornell's.
Kim Thayil Picks The Soundgarden Songs That He Likes Listening To
published 18 October 2023 The Soundgarden guitarist looks back on his most iconic riffs and solos, as well as the gear and tunings that guided him deep into the creative superunknown (Image credit: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) Few musicians could say they shaped the '90s quite like Kim Thayil.
Soundgarden's Kim Thayil Talks 'Echo of Miles' Collection
As a co-founding member of Soundgarden, Kim Thayil has written and performed some of the hardest and heaviest riffs of all time, spanning the drop-D swagger of Flower to the relentless grind and pterodactyl squeals of Jesus Christ Pose.
Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil “I’m not on a firstname basis with my gear; I just know it’s Mr Mesa
When the members of Soundgarden—singer and guitarist Chris Cornell, guitarist Kim Thayil, bassist Ben Shepherd and drummer Matt Cameron—reunited in 2010 after more than a decade apart, making a new album was the last thing on anyone's mind. According to Thayil, the band reconvened only to address some outstanding business matters.
Interview Soundgarden's Kim Thayil Premier Guitar
Soundgarden axeman Kim Thayil looked back on his early days of guitar playing and how he ended up using Guild guitars. Being one of the grunge-era heroes, it might feel odd that Kim didn't entirely join Gibson or Fender camps. Sure, he did play guitars by these old legendary brands, but his most common companion is the SG-styled Guild S-100.
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Formed in 1984, Soundgarden, whose best-known lineup is comprised of singer/guitarist Chris Cornell, guitarist Kim Thayil, bassist Ben Shepherd, and drummer Matt Cameron, was one of the bands that helped make "grunge" more than just another word for dirt.
Kim Thayil Photos Photos Soundgarden Performs At The Wiltern Zimbio
Kim Thayil has dismissed a review that called his guitar playing "sloppy" while detailing how his love for alternate tunings saw him disregard all he knew about shapes and scales. In an extensive interview with Pete Thorn, Thayil - arguably the most experimental guitarist to come out of the Seattle scene in the '90s - wasn't coy.
Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil Won’t Name Names, But He’s Still Pissed At Billy Stereogum
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Soundgarden's Kim Thayil Says MC5 Anniversary Tour Helped Him Out of the Fetal Position
2019. In 1981, Kim Thayil went for a drive that would change his life. At the time the 21-year-old was in a state of personal turmoil. The Chicago native's band Identity Crisis had split, his.
Soundgarden's 'Badmotorfinger' at 25 Kim Thayil Looks Back Rolling Stone
From Nirvana's 'Bleach' to 'God's Balls' by Tad, the guitarist shouts out records by Seattle-area bands. Soundgarden's Kim Thayil picks his 10 favorite grunge albums, including records by Nirvana.
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Interview: Soundgarden's Kim Thayil Chris Kies October 8, 2012 Kim Thayil, the dropped-tuning lord of heavy grunge, walks us through the thickets of distortion, swirling psychedelic vortexes, and eastern-flavored motifs on Soundgarden''s epic return to form, King Animal. Photo by Chris Kies