Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil struggled to play on 'Black Hole Sun' at first due to a more intricate technical difficulty that required special attention.

In the late 80s, Alice In Chains guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell accompanied Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil to a show in ...

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.

Alberto E. Rodriguez/WireImage 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).

And Thayil has become the group’s go-to liner-note writer and keeper of old songs, a role that led him to oversee the band’s just-released 50-song holiday release, Echo of Miles (A&M Records ...

“I’ve known Kim Thayil since the early Seattle music scene, but we really began our in-depth conversations on the 1996 Lollapalooza tour, when my old band, Screaming Trees, opened for ...

Kim Thayil Names 6 Bands He'd Like to See in the Rock Hall Now that Soundgarden is going in the Rock Hall, guitarist Kim Thayil lists off six acts that he'd like to see eventually get in as well ...

- Kim Thayil Fans of Soundgarden and Chris Cornell are eagerly awaiting any new or previously recorded material, and even brought the 20th anniversary reissue of Superunknown to No. 51 on The ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...