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Kim Thayil

1960 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Kim Thayil is the 2,310th most popular musician (down from 2,289th in 2024), the 12,609th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,170th in 2019) and the 938th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Kim Thayil ranks 2,310 out of 3,175. Before him are Sufjan Stevens, Wayne Sermon, Marian McPartland, Les Brown, André 3000, and Amjad Ali Khan. After him are Guy Chambers, Alexander Hacke, Mikael Stanne, Rui Veloso, Mehdi Hassan, and John 5.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Kim Thayil ranks 562. Before him are Mirwais, Luis Gabelo Conejo, Sergey Belyayev, and Vlado Janevski. After him are Pavel Grudinin, Carlos Alberto Santos, Anders Nordström, Steven Lindsey, Amy Grant, Vali Ionescu, Martina Schröter, and Sibel Siber.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kim Thayil ranks 12,613 out of 20,380. Before him are Clayton Moore (1914), Shaun White (1986), John Cameron Mitchell (1963), Anthony Boucher (1911), Bob Kurland (1924), and Morgan Woodward (1925). After him are Ruth Asawa (1926), Rick Rosenthal (1949), Natalia Dyer (1995), Todd Solondz (1959), Cornelia Fort (1919), and David S. Johnson (1945).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Kim Thayil ranks 938. Before him are Slim Whitman (1923), Jack Johnson (1975), Sufjan Stevens (1975), Wayne Sermon (1984), Les Brown (1912), and André 3000 (1975). After him are John 5 (1971), Eugene Wright (1923), Ryan Tedder (1979), Hughie Thomasson (1952), Slide Hampton (1932), and Leon Wilkeson (1952).

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