Life & family
Kim Thayil is an American musician. He is the lead guitarist of the Seattle-based rock band Soundgarden. Other members of Soundgarden include or have included Matt Cameron, Chris Cornell, Jason Everman, Ben Shepherd, Scott Sundquist, and Hiro Yamamoto. He was also a member of one-shot punk rock band The No WTO Combo, with Jello Biafra and Krist Novoselic.
His parents are from the state of Kerala in India, with Malayali ancestry. His father is named Boniface Thayil.