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.
12 Facts About Kim Thayil
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Kim 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.
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Kim Thayil has won two Grammy Awards as a member of Soundgarden.
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Kim Thayil's parents came from the state of Kerala in India to Seattle.
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Kim Thayil's mother Shanti Thayil was a music teacher who studied to be a concert pianist at the Royal Academy of Music.
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Kim Thayil met Hiro Yamamoto at Rich East High School in Park Forest.
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Kim Thayil graduated, along with Hiro Yamamoto, from the Active Learning Process School at Rich East High School in 1979, the same school Bruce Pavitt graduated from 2 years earlier, in 1977.
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Kim Thayil joined singer Johnny Cash, bassist Krist Novoselic of Nirvana and drummer Sean Kinney of Alice in Chains for a cover of Willie Nelson's "Time of the Preacher", featured on the tribute album Twisted Willie, released in January 1996.
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In 1999, Kim Thayil formed a punk band, the No WTO Combo, with Jello Biafra, Krist Novoselic, and Gina Mainwal.
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In 2012, Kim Thayil voiced a character in Season IV: Church of the Black Klok's "Dethcamp" in the Adult Swim original series Metalocalypse.
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In 2020 Kim Thayil played guitar solos on the song "The Firebird" for the jazz fusion band, the Barret Martin Group.
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In 2021 Kim Thayil played lead guitar and Matt Cameron played drums for a track, "Only Love Can Save Me Now", on the new Pretty Reckless album.