Martin invited Thayil to sit in on the ensemble’s next recoding session, and the group came up with “The Firebird.” “Kim plays his signature, bending, howling guitar in tandem with the ...

The band on "Rusty Cage" includes vocalist William DuVall (Alice in Chains), guitarist Bill Kelliher (Mastodon), drummer ...

Back in the mid-’70s, Kim Thayil was a Chicagoland teen listening to bands like Kiss and Aerosmith, and whichever other hair-flipping rock bands were featured in Creem and Circus magazines.

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.

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.

The reason Thayil is opening up is because of a new four-disc, career-spanning box set simply titled Chris Cornell that the singer’s estate will issue on November 16th.

Soundgarden's Kim Thayil confesses that he originally didn't see the point of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, but says Chris Cornell would be “stoked” about Soundgarden being inducted ...

Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil is known for a lot of things—notably thick guitar riffs, a graying beard, and hats. Less known, however, is his role as band archivist. Since its formation in ...

Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil Reacts to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nomination: ‘It’s a Very Pleasant Surprise’ The grunge veterans were among the 2023 nominees announced on Wednesday morning.

Four months after Chris Cornell’s death in a Detroit hotel room, Kim Thayil was still emotionally wrestling with the loss of his longtime friend and Soundgarden singer, uncertain of his next ...

Soundgarden were working on a new album at the time of Chris Cornell‘s death in 2017, but surviving members Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, and Ben Shepherd have been struggling to complete it in his ...

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 ...