Active: 80's, 90's Born: September 4, 1960 in Seattle, WA
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Merging the mammoth riffs of Black Sabbath with the straightforward attack of the Ramones, guitarist Kim Thayil created his own original style that helped propel Soundgarden to the top of the Seattle rock heap in the '90s. Born on September 4, 1960, in Seattle, WA (but raised in Park Forest, Il), Thayil picked up the guitar in the mid-'70s for the same reason that countless other teenagers did at the time -- theatrical heavy metallists Kiss. Upon further investigation into the masked quartet, Thayil decided to check out their influences, namely the New York Dolls.
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