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Kim Thayil (born September 4 , 1960 in Seattle, Washington ) is best known as the guitarist for Seattle -based Grunge band Soundgarden , which he founded with Chris Cornell and Hiro Yamamoto in 1984 . He was named 100th best guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone Magazine . LIFE Born in Seattle in 1960, he grew up in the Chicago suburb of Park Forest . Thayil's parents are from the south Indian state of Kerala . He met Hiro Yamamoto at Rich East High School in Park Forest. After graduation, they moved to Washington , where Thayil studied philosophy at the University Of Washington . They joined forces with Cornell, a roommate, to start Soundgarden in 1984. Soundgarden became the first of Seattle's grunge bands to sign with a major label ( A&M Records ) and went on to release three Platinum albums and win two Grammys . They disbanded in April 1997. Since then, Thayil has played guitar for Pigeonhed , with the Presidents Of The United States Of America , played on Dave Grohl 's metal side-project Probot , and No WTO Combo with Jello Biafra and Krist Novoselic , and has also worked on other projects. Recently Kim contributed guitar to the track "Blood Swamp" from the 2006 SunnO))) / Boris album Altar . In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine named Thayil #100 on the list of the "100 greatest guitarists of all time".Fricke, David; Edmonds, Ben; Eliscu, Jenny; Kemp, Rob; Kot, Greg; Levy, Joe; Moon, Tom; Puterbaugh, Parke; Randall, Mac; Sheffield, Rob (18 September 2003) "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" ''Rolling Stone'' Issue 931, pp. 46-61. The list was posted to the Internet on 27 August 2003 "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" Thayil, having won two Grammys while in Soundgarden, is one of three Indian-American s in the Grammy -considered rock music industry (the other two being Anand Bhatt and Tony Kanal ) and one of five major diasporic Indians in rock music (the other four being Bhatt, Kanal, Ian D'Sa and Dave Baksh ). Thayil was a recurring participant on the '' Almost Live! '' sketch comedy show, calling things "lame" during "The Lame List" segments. GEAR Early years Guitars: Guild S-100 Amplifier: Bass Ampeg mesa boogie w/15" speaker Effects: Jim Dunlop Crybaby wah, MXR chorus Badmotorfinger Guitars: Guild S-100, Gibson Les Paul Custom Lite, Gibson Firebird Amplifiers: Peavey VTM-120, Music Man HD130, Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Effects: To get the heavy sound in studio, many guitar tracks were layered and panned to add the body that was lacking from previous albums. Superunknown Guitars: Guild S-100, Gibson Les Paul, Fender Telecaster Amplifiers: Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifiers, Mesa Boogie 50-watt Mavericks, an old Fender Super, a Fender Princeton, Fender Twin Reverbs and Vibro-Kings, and an old Orange head. Effects: Intellitronics LA-2 and Summit DIs. (To get him to play most comfortably, Thayil's living room couch was brought into the studio.) Down on the Upside Guitars: Guild S-100, Fender Telecaster, Fender Jazzmaster Amplifiers: Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifiers Effects: Jim Dunlop Crybaby wah, Colorsound wah, Jim Dunlop Rotovibe, Mu-Tron FOOTNOTES |
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