Kim Thayil

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Aliases: Soundgarden

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Seattle, Washington, USA

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Movie Involvements: 4

TV Involvements: 3

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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.

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2021	Self (archive footage)	This Is Pop 2021-03-06 TV Show
2019	N/A	Soundgarden: Live From The Artists Den 2019-07-01 Movie
	Self	Punk 2019-03-11 TV Show
2017	Self	Unfinished Plan: The Path of Alain Johannes 2017-07-06 Movie
2016	N/A	Soundgarden: Live at The Paramount Theatre 1991 2016-11-18 Movie
	Himself	The Colossus of Destiny: A Melvins Tale 2016-07-18 Movie
2014	Guitars	Soundgarden: [2014] Lollapalooza Brazil 2014-04-06 Movie
2013	N/A	I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney 2013-10-20 Movie
	Himself	Alice in Chains: AIC 23 2013-04-03 Movie
2011	Self	Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind 2011-05-09 Movie
2009	Self	Live From the Artists Den 2009-02-01 TV Show
2008	N/A	TAD: Busted Circuits and Ringing Ears 2008-02-19 Movie
2005	Himself	Malfunkshun: The Andrew Wood Story 2005-04-06 Movie
1996	N/A	Hype! 1996-11-08 Movie
1992	Himself - Soundgarden Guitarist (uncredited)	Singles 1992-09-18 Movie
	Guitars	Soundgarden: [1992] Pinkpop Festival 1992-06-08 Movie
	N/A	Soundgarden: Motorvision 1992-03-05 Movie
1990	N/A	Soundgarden: Louder Than Live 1990-05-22 Movie
1975	Self - Musical Guest	Saturday Night Live 1975-10-11 TV Show
	N/A	Soungarden Live in Germany 1990 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv