Kim Thayil

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Kim Thayil (born September 4, 1960 in Seattle, Washington) is best known as the guitarist for Seattle, USA grunge band Soundgarden, which he founded with Chris Cornell and Hiro Yamamoto in 1984. Thayil's parents are from the south Indian state of Kerala. Born in Seattle in 1960, he grew up in the Chicago suburb of Park Forest, spending some time in India. Thayil is one of three Indian-Americans in the major rock, Grammy considered, music industry (the other two being Anand Bhatt and Tony Kanal). He met Hiro Yamamoto at Rich East High School in...read more

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