Even though 30 years have passed, Kim Thayil admits that he did not want to perform this hit song at the 1995 Grammy Awards. The guitarist of the rock band Soundgarden sat down with Stereogumfor the ...

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. “Sometimes ideas ...

As fans, we look at artist’s lives through how we receive them through speaker, but it’s always more interesting to hear about an artist or musician straight from the damn source. That’s what founding ...

Hard as it may be to imagine in these genre-blurring times, four decades ago, music fans were as siloed and separated as the genre sections of a record store. Back then, a rock fan wandering into the ...

Grunge fans, unite! Soundgarden is finally getting inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame! Along with big names like Cyndi Lauper, Joe Cocker, and Bad Company, Soundgarden will be formally honored ...

The arpeggios in Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” are some of the most recognizable notes in the history of grunge, and apparently those were recorded by the rhythm guitarist stepping into the lead ...

Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil admitted he struggled to understand the value of the band’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nomination. In a new interview with Guitar World, he said he’s made sense of the ...

For an (unintentional) architect of the “Seattle Sound,” Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil sure likes a lot of punky New York and Detroit bands. He cites the MC5 as his all-time faves, with the Ramones ...

Two of my favorite musicians got together recently for a little chat in Guitar World Magazine: Dillinger Escape Plan's Ben Weinman and Soundgarden's Kim Thayil. Why is this such an interesting piece?