the Kim Thayil appreciation thread.

MLC2006
MLC2006 Posts: 861
edited July 2007 in Other Music
to hell with all this "I love Cornell", "I hate Cornell" bullshit. Thayil is the MAN.

1. we see what Cornell has accomplished without Thayil by his side.....not much

2. he became a guitar god by using a guitar that no other guitar god ever thought of using....a discontinued electric guitar that was made by a primarily acoustic guitar maker, and he probably found it in a pawnshop.

3. no one ever thought Cousin It in flannel and jeans would look cool...but now we know better.

4. his name is Kim.

anymore I missed? anybody else wanna spread the Kim Thayil love?
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  • DiRtyFranK38
    DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    ok i disagree about cornell not accomplishing much, but theres so many bullshit threads about that topic so i won't get into that.

    kim thayil is a fucking brilliant guitar player. he had such a distinct sound. WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO HIM!? he like faded off into exhistance. no band he's in or anything? really
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  • itsevobaby
    itsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    i appreciate kim's beard.....that's bird's nest country right there.........nice :D
    does he still have it? anyone got any recent pics?
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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    itsevobaby wrote:
    i appreciate kim's beard.....that's bird's nest country right there.........nice :D
    does he still have it? anyone got any recent pics?
    Check the wiki article.
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  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,581
    Hahaha

    What A Beefcake

    This Guy Can Friggin Shred

    The last I heard of him was he played with AIC for the rehersal @ the Moore Theater before their 06 tour

    I might make a Cameron in SG appreciation thread too while im at it

    I actually agree with you for one MLC.
  • kenny olav
    kenny olav Posts: 3,319
    one of the world's most underrated guitarists. he needs to get back in a band!
  • bestsane
    bestsane Posts: 131
    He is the fucker and Soundgarden was nothing if he wasn't around.
  • wavescamecrashing
    wavescamecrashing Posts: 440
    yep,

    here to express appreciation for that hairy motherfucker.

    hey, if no one has seen him for a while, maybe its coz he went bald and shaved his beard off and is now living life amongst us 'normies'

    LOL!
  • reeferchief
    reeferchief Posts: 3,569
    Kenny Olav wrote:
    one of the world's most underrated guitarists. he needs to get back in a band!

    I believe his thoughts on that subject are something along the lines of, I've already been in the best band I have no more to prove. I saw him quoted saying something along those lines once.

    Awesome shredder.:)
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  • DCGARDEN
    DCGARDEN Posts: 515
    Props to this thread - because I've often wondered what the hell happened to this guy - Great work on Soundgarden's albums
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  • pjtaper
    pjtaper Posts: 3,020
    Props for being able to be in a band with an ASSHOLE like Chris Cornell...
    Great beard too!
  • Duder5k
    Duder5k Posts: 278
    Yeah! 5 Random Favorite Thayil solos:

    Limo Wreck
    4th Of July
    Pretty Noose
    Black Hole Sun
    Holy Water
  • reeferchief
    reeferchief Posts: 3,569
    Duder5k wrote:
    Yeah! 5 Random Favorite Thayil solos:

    Limo Wreck
    4th Of July
    Pretty Noose
    Black Hole Sun
    Holy Water

    Add Birth Ritual, JCP, Rusty Cage and Outshined to that list man he's a fucking hero.:)
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  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    reeferchief wrote:
    Add Birth Ritual, JCP, Rusty Cage and Outshined to that list man he's a fucking hero.:)

    Don't forget the Like Suicide solo... Always blows my mind.
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  • DOSW
    DOSW Posts: 2,012
    Kim Thayil's a badass, definitely. Still, the astounding thing about SG was that they were always better than the sum of their parts. Kim had killer tone and his riffs (and how he played Cornell's riffs) were jaw-droppingly sweet. But I always thought his solos were just kind of psychadelic guitar wankery... they didn't really stand well by themselves. But still, they ALWAYS fit the song, and that's what's important, I guess.

    What I'm trying to say is.... yeah, he rocks.
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  • Marie Curie
    Marie Curie Posts: 1,250
    His Like Suicide solo is an eargasm!
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  • searchlightsoul
    searchlightsoul Posts: 583
    Didn't he beat up a soundgarden fan or something. Now thats rock n' roll!
  • bharQ
    bharQ Posts: 1,201
    itsevobaby wrote:
    i appreciate kim's beard.....that's bird's nest country right there.........nice :D
    does he still have it? anyone got any recent pics?


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  • bharQ
    bharQ Posts: 1,201
    he was on the SunnO)))/Boris album Altar...i think the last track.. i miss him
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  • MLC2006
    MLC2006 Posts: 861
    searchlightsoul wrote:
    Didn't he beat up a soundgarden fan or something. Now thats rock n' roll!

    yes, I think they were on their honeymoon and saw him in the hotel lobby (they and Soundgarden were staying at the same hotel). they asked to take his picture and he assaulted them. I think that's how the story went, but it's been so long I hardly remember.
  • bharQ
    bharQ Posts: 1,201
    MLC2006 wrote:
    yes, I think they were on their honeymoon and saw him in the hotel lobby (they and Soundgarden were staying at the same hotel). they asked to take his picture and he assaulted them. I think that's how the story went, but it's been so long I hardly remember.

    "1996, Kim Thayil of Soundgarden is arrested for assault and released the same day in North Carolina ... the band had just wrapped up their day as main-stage headliners on the Lollapalooza festival stop at Rockingham Dragway ... from his own mouth: "It wasn't even a fan and it wasn't even at our show. It was in the lobby of our hotel in North Carolina. These people heard that we were staying in the hotel so they're sneaking out to look and they had been drinking so they were a little bit verbally abusive. I told one of them to go away with a twist of the wrist and that was it, just once. It wouldn't have been a big deal had I not been who I am--a guy in a rock band." ... thanks for the clarification, Kim..."
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