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Kim Thayil says that even before Chris Cornell‘s death in 2017, the members of Soundgarden would have conversations about the band being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. “Sometimes ideas ...

Grunge fans, unite! Soundgarden is finally getting inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame! Along with big names like Cyndi Lauper, Joe Cocker, and Bad Company, Soundgarden will be formally honored ...

The arpeggios in Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” are some of the most recognizable notes in the history of grunge, and apparently those were recorded by the rhythm guitarist stepping into the lead ...

Eight years after Chris Cornell’s passing, his presence still echoes through every note Soundgarden plays. As the band prepares to take the stage for their long-awaited Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ...

Hard as it may be to imagine in these genre-blurring times, four decades ago, music fans were as siloed and separated as the genre sections of a record store. Back then, a rock fan wandering into the ...

SEATTLE — On Wednesday morning, the list of this year's nominees to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame was released and it includes a big Seattle band. Soundgarden and its late lead singer, Chris Cornell, ...

Soundgarden was one of the definitive grunge rock bands of the '90s. The band formed in 1984 in Seattle and helped define the sound that would change rock music. The three founding members of ...

Soundgarden is further cementing its place among music's greats. Formed in Seattle in 1984, Soundgarden joins six other inductees in the Performers category of the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Bad ...

As fans, we look at artist’s lives through how we receive them through speaker, but it’s always more interesting to hear about an artist or musician straight from the damn source. That’s what founding ...

Soundgarden's Kim Thayil will chronicle his life as a son of immigrants and rock pioneer in his new book, A Screaming Life: Into the Superunknown with Soundgarden and Beyond, set to arrive next year ...

For an (unintentional) architect of the “Seattle Sound,” Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil sure likes a lot of punky New York and Detroit bands. He cites the MC5 as his all-time faves, with the Ramones ...