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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 4, 1960
Place of Birth
Seattle, Washington, USA
Also Known As
- Soundgarden
Kim Thayil
0.2 Popularity
Biography
Kim Anand Thayil (born September 4, 1960) 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. Cornell and Thayil remained as the original members of the band until Cornell's death in 2017, and the band's subsequent 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 by SPIN in 2012. Thayil has won two Grammy Awards as a member of Soundgarden.
Known For
4.5
Self
2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2025
5.9
Self (archive footage)
This Is Pop
2021
9.0
Self
MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in Chains
2020
0.0
Self
The Postal Service Zoom Auditions
2020
8.0
Soundgarden: Live From The Artists Den
2019
7.8
Self
Punk
2019
🎬
0.0
Self
Hype! 20 Years After
2017
6.8
Self
Unfinished Plan: The Path of Alain Johannes
2017
0.0
Soundgarden: Live at The Paramount Theatre 1991
2016
5.6
Self
The Colossus of Destiny: A Melvins Tale
2016
Credits
2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
2025
4.5
This Is Pop
as Self (archive footage)
2021
5.9
MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in Chains
as Self
2020
9.0
The Postal Service Zoom Auditions
as Self
2020
0.0
Soundgarden: Live From The Artists Den
2019
8.0
Punk
as Self
2019
7.8
🎬
Hype! 20 Years After
as Self
2017
0.0
Unfinished Plan: The Path of Alain Johannes
as Self
2017
6.8
Soundgarden: Live at The Paramount Theatre 1991
2016
0.0
The Colossus of Destiny: A Melvins Tale
as Self
2016
5.6
![Soundgarden: [2014] Lollapalooza Brazil](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/otbzAvETWdP2ZpQnT7Z5Qb2N6Ox.jpg)
Soundgarden: [2014] Lollapalooza Brazil
as Guitars
2014
0.0
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Musical Guest
2014
5.9
I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
2013
7.0
Alice in Chains: AIC 23
as Himself
2013
6.8
Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind
as Self
2011
0.0
Soundgarden - Live At Lollapalooza
2010
0.0
Live from the Artists Den
as Self
2009
6.0
TAD: Busted Circuits and Ringing Ears
2008
8.0
Malfunkshun: The Andrew Wood Story
as Himself
2005
0.0
VH1 News Special: Grunge
as Self
2001
0.0
Hype!
1996
7.4
Singles
as Himself - Soundgarden Guitarist (uncredited)
1992
6.4
🎬
Soundgarden: [1992] Pinkpop Festival
as Guitars
1992
0.0
Soundgarden: Motorvision
1992
10.0
Soundgarden: Louder Than Live
1990
0.0
Soundgarden: Live in Germany 1990
1990
0.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1975
7.0