Kim A. Thayil is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist of Seattle-based rock band Soundgarden, co-founded with vocalist Chris Cornell and bassist Hiro Yamamoto in 1984, and remained the original member of the group until their split in 2018. Thayil was named the 100th Greatest Guitarist of All Time by Rolling Stone in 2010 and the 67th Greatest Guitarist of All Time SPIN in 2012. Thayil won two Grammy Awards as a member of the Soundgarden.
Birth name | Kim A. Thayil |
Born | September 4, 1960, Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Genres | Alternative metal, grunge, alternative rock, heavy metal |
Instruments | Guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, vocals |
Years active | 1980–present |
Labels | A&M, SST, Sub Pop |
Associated acts | Bozo And The Pinheads, Identity Crisis, Soundgarden, No WTO Combo, Probot, Dark Load, The Presidents of the United States of America, MC5 |
Guitarist Kim Thayil was born on September 4, 1960 in Seattle, Washington, United States (He's 63 years old now).
Soundgarden co-founder and guitarist well known for songs like"Black Hole Sun".
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Kim Thayil was born in the Zodiac sign Virgo (The Maiden), and 1960 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Rat (鼠).
He met Bassist Hiro Yamamoto, one of his future bandmates, in high school. One of his first bands was Identity Crisis.
Rolling Stone named him one of the finest one hundred guitarists of all time in 2003.
His parents relocated from Kerala, a southern Indian state.
Thayil, along with Rock Singer Scott Weiland and Stone Temple Pilots, was a component of the Seattle grunge music scene.
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