Kim Thayil
Birthday: 1960-09-04
Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington, USA
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.
Movies
Soundgarden: Live at The Paramount Theatre 1991
Soundgarden recorded live at The Paramount Theater in Seattle, WA, in 1991. Released as part of the ...
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Soundgarden: Motorvision
Motorvision is a home video by the American grunge band Soundgarden. It was released on November 17,...
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Soundgarden: Louder Than Live
Louder Than Live is a home video by the American rock band Soundgarden featuring songs performed liv...
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Soundgarden: Live in Germany 1990
The amazing Soungarden captured live in their early years, in this 1990 concert given in Dusseldorf,...
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Soundgarden: [2014] Lollapalooza Brazil
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Soundgarden: [1992] Pinkpop Festival
Soundgarden at Megaland, Landgraaf, Netherlands Somewhere Slaves & Bulldozers Gun Mind Riot Jes...
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Singles
A group of young adults in their twenties, who share an apartment in the city of Seattle, ponder on ...
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Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind
Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind visually documents the explosion of Grunge, the...
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TAD: Busted Circuits and Ringing Ears
TAD: Busted Circuits and Ringing Ears” chronicles the rise and fall of the pioneering Seattle grunge...
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Hype!
This documentary examines the Seattle scene as it became the focus of a merging of punk rock, heavy ...
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I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
This documentary tells the story of Mudhoney from their very beginnings, to following them on their ...
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Alice in Chains: AIC 23
Alan Poole McLard, a Film Studies professor, attempts to film a documentary about Alice in Chains to...
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The Colossus of Destiny: A Melvins Tale
"How comes no one has ever made a film about The Melvins?" Well, no one has ever tried or thought i...
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Soundgarden: Live From The Artists Den
On a warm February night in Los Angeles, the legendary Seattle rock band Soundgarden concluded a sol...
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Malfunkshun: The Andrew Wood Story
Documentary on the life of late Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood....
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Unfinished Plan: The Path of Alain Johannes
Musician Alain Johannes travels to Chile to take refuge from pain after his partner Natasha dies. In...
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The Postal Service Zoom Auditions
Watch The Postal Service hold Zoom ‘auditions’ for new bandmembers including Slash, Anne Hathaway an...
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MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in Chains
For the first time ever, the Museum of Pop Culture's highly-anticipated Founders Award annual fundra...
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Soundgarden - Live At Lollapalooza
Live at Lollapalooza Festival, Chicago, Aug 8, 2010...
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VH1 News Special: Grunge
VH1 and SPIN magazine teamed up to present 'VH1 News Special: Grunge', an in-depth look at the Seatt...
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2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
On Saturday, November 8, 2025, rock royalty once again gathered to celebrate the induction of anothe...
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Hype! 20 Years After
In 2017, 20 years after Hype! (1996), filmmaker Doug Pray made a new short documentary featuring upd...
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