Kim Thayil recently looked back on some of the most consequential songs of his career.
While Thayil s dour odd-meter riffing is undoubtedly a signature of his iconic band, when speaking with
Guitar Player magazine recently, he was eager to credit the band s ultimate breakthrough to his longtime bandmate and late-frontman
If you deep dive into Soundgarden s catalog, it may seem that Thayil and Chris were in competition to see who could write the darkest, most hypnotic, bizarro pop songs.
Thayil certainly had his moments on tracks like Jesus Christ Pose, New Damage and Limo Wreck, but he says one of the most challenging riffs ever brought into the band was one by Chris.