Soundgarden At: Guitar Center 

I think this video makes clear that the genius of Soundgarden is due to all 4 members being talented songwriters.

I think Kim is a Philosopher who just happens to know how to play guitar.

He learned every chord..??!! That's like a dad saying son learn all these calculus equations THEN I'll buy you a graphing calculator haha

I think Kim Thayil is one of the most underappreciated rock guitarists I can think of. He doesn't focus on fast technical shredding or anything, but his playing is distinctive and he's penned so many crushing and memorable riffs in this band.

Am I the only one that thinks it's not right that the Rock Hall of Fame recognizes Matt Cameron for Pearl Jam and not Soundgarden?

When Kim says: "Domestication of the material" is such a good way of describing the conflict between playing a song live versus recording. Genius.

Rest In Peace Chris.... we'll always love you.

These are true musicians , It sounds like they all write music and know the instruments I wasn't really crazy about their style back then . The whole grunge thing I was hesitant on . But seeing as where music has gone from that time , I was a douche !!!!!!

We all miss one of the greatest artists of all time.....but I feel awful for Ben, Matt, and Kim; as their bro is gone :'( RIP Chris

R.I.P Chris Cornell :`(

Sometimes when a major rock star passes on you realize how much of a impact they had in your life without really knowing.

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I could just sit down and listen to Kim doing chord progressions forever

Kim guitar playing excerpts: 0:00 (Superunknown), 1:56 (Let Me Drown), 4:07, 6:42 (Non-State Actor), 9:35 (Spoonman)

Damm the band is four guitarists!!

"I sat there and learnt every chord in that book, and finally I got a guitar" - he said, holding a bass ....

This summer I was lucky enough to have a sit down conversation with Cornell 1 on 1 before his solo acoustic show. He's a big inspiration to me as a musician, and he's one of the nicest guys I've ever met, so down to earth and he took the time to sign my Vinyls and take a picture. It was an amazing experience getting to meet him. We chatted for a good 20 minutes. Last year I flew down to Toronto to see Soundgarden , and it was hands down one of the best live performances I have ever seen. If you ever have the chance , I highly recommend getting out to a Soundgarden show. They do not disappoint!! Legends !!

Matt Cameron is one of the most underrated drummers ever.

These guys must be absolutely destroyed. I feel for them. Sad times for us. I think of Chris daily. I believe he will pass through my mind every day till the day I die.

A truly timeless album. In my top 3 of ALL time!

I love Soundgarden, Matt is my favorite drummer of all time, and Chris was my favorite singer of all time. Badmotorfinger totally blew my my mind when I was 15 years old in 1991, I listened to it thousands of times and I still love it. Chris, no one sings like you anymore, and no one ever will.

Chris Cornell is incredible on every project he does. Amazing artist

I've never heard Kim speak!

How can Chris be gone?...it's wrong...

Say hello 2 heaven Chris Cornell I'm still listening to all his music

rip Chris Cornell you will be missed

It's hard to express fully how I feel about this band and what have they brought to my life... but I can say for certain they changed my life. My classmate brought me their "Superunknown" back in the day, 10+ years ago now. And to be honest I didn't quite catch it "right on", it was a struggle. Some songs I liked, some I skipped intentionally. But now when I'm almost 30 I listen to the album and realize how much I love it. And nostalgia has nothing to do with it. It's the quality of the material, the diversity of writing and rhythm approaching, everything. Chris did a lot of beautiful stuff apart from Soundgarden (Audioslave for instance is also one of my most favourites), but this particular record speaks to me like nothing else. I don't know how to say this, but I think I should, cause there's a chance this happened not with me only. I've been listening to this album nonstop for the past few weeks. Everywhere - my iPhone, at home on my iMac, at work on a laptop with some speakers, literally everywhere. Enjoying and thinking about all I have said above... and then I wake up to the news of Chris' passing. It shocked me, it still does. This will take time to think over and live on, but now it is a wound for me, definitely... So, to all the people who read this and feel the same - hang on and may all of us find peace and may Chris rest, which he deserved by leaving the incredible heritage of art in music. Thank you

Man miss u Soundgarden and really miss Chris RIP brother gone to fking soon man!!!

4 incredible musicians, one of the greatest bands of all time. Thank you so much Chris Cornell for inspiring me as a singer, songwriter, and guitar player. I saw SG last year at Carolina Rebellion, 2 weeks before CC died and it is a show I will forever be grateful for.

As big as Soundgarden got I think they were under appreciated in the shadow of PJ and Nirvana. SG were around long before those bands but never really hit huge until 92 and especially 94. I still think they were the best band out of Seattle dating all the way back to the mid 80's. Cornell's ability to write pop hooks is equally as potent as someone like Cobain but Cornell did it with more than just power chords over a distortion box. Cameron and Shepherd wrote awesome riffs straight from left field and Thayil brought some great doom laden heaviness. That band was/is a collective with all parts bringing something great to the table. They were more inventive than any of the other bands, great bands too. They fucked with tunings, time signatures, polyrhythms, arrangements, riffing, and came out with something that can only be the mighty Soundgarden.

I never thought much of Matt Cameron as a great drummer, until I actually started learning some Soundgarden songs on drums and I found such huge appreciation for his drumming. He comes up with some amazing musical drum parts, and he's actually technical as well, without showing off. I'm learning so much from his playing and now I think of him as one of the greatest Rock drummers ever.

Watching Kim Thayil do the riffs to "Spoonman" made me smile. Long Live Chrus Cornell and Soundgarden.

R.I.P Chris. We will never forget your talent.

im not really a sound garden fan but these guys are really respectable dudes

I met Soundgarden in Japan in 93 at Gas Panic. I was a bartender. I gave them free drinks and they gave me free tickets. Thanks guys. lots of fun. I had drum sticks and the drummer did some cool riffs for me too.

Chris Cornell is the "Quinta-sentional" "Rock Star!" He's cool as fuck, Melow as fuck, Honest and Pure to his Art, and Fucking Geniune!! Thank You Chris!!!

That guy's the bassist for Soundgarden? He looks like a truck driver. That's so cool.

I wish I could just watch Kim Thayil play the full tracks. His play of the riffs is so sharp

Soundgarden's music/art helped me in so many ways growing up and their music still does. I listen to them every day. Music therapy!

I saw these guys in my youth at Lolapolooza in 1996 with Metallica, The Ramones, etc. Great show! Soundgarden is and always will be a magnificent band. They've aged, but in a good way. Kim Thayil looks like a wise Hindu guitar God! Awesome piece, good to see them again after all these years. P.S. I joined the "official" SG fan club in 93 or 94 by sending 5 or 10 bucks by mail to whomever it was, and I wonder if I'm still a member? They sent me a cool T-shirt and some stickers, but then that was it. Ha Ha!

Thanks for all the great music Chris. God bless your soul.

Kim Thayil will always be my favorite grunge guitarist. He has the bluesy technique of Jimmy Page, the heaviness of Tony Iommi, and the alternate tuning textures of Keith Richards. I adore Soundgarden; probably the most technically gifted of the Seattle Sound.

I really love them! I'm a drummer and Matt Cameron is one of my biggest idols.. such a great drummer

I can't believe he is no longer here , love u Chris Cornell. RIP

Epic Band! The music will be timeless.

WOW!!!! This the greatest interview session EVER, like EVER out of everything

These dudes are gods. Always have been, always will be a huge inspiration to me.

RIP Chris..long live Soundgarden!!

Ben wrote Head Down? It's amazing! A song I've listened to a zillion times. Wow. What a mammoth of talent, those guys. Sigh.

It's odd how at 4:30 Chris Lists "Suicide" and "Black Hole Sun" as Experimentation. R.I.P. Chris.

Bad ass band with a bad ass heavy sound. A life changer.

they're an incredible band, all 4 are amazing musicians and great songwriters, and of course chris cornells incredible vocals and songwriting take them over the top, RIP chris!

Kim Thayil is cool

Kim is a beast on guitar..

Chris Cornell is amazing.

Kim looked the oldest in the 90's but looks the youngest in 2015.

Sound garden must buy clothes from their local mountaineering store.

I came here hoping to see footage of the band wandering into Guitar Center and playing guitars. This was nice.

we're not worthy we're not worthy

The sound that comes out of Kim playing a guitar is just ridiculous! I love all these guys. RIP Chris Cornell

4:20 - I don't know what that is... but I sure as hell know its a Kim and his purple Ibanez chorus pedal. fucking brilliant. the cornerstone of so many good SG songs

Just to kind of explain a thing for people so they don't have to look it up if they don't know: the people in this video are singer Chris Cornell, guitarist Kim Thayil, bassist Ben Shepherd, and drummer Matt Cameron. At one point in the video, Kim mentions "Chris and Hiro". He is referring to former bassist Hiro Yamamoto, who left the band before Badmotorfinger. Also, Matt mentions "4 or 5 guys in a band", but Soundgarden has never been more than a four-piece. This is because Matt is also a member of Pearl Jam, a band with 5 members, and has been since before the album Binaural, which came after Soundgarden's original breakup.

RIP Chris Cornell 😢

My heart is broken. Rest in peace. You will be missed. Always. Thanks for the music...

Matt Cameron is a killer drummer. I hated him with Pearl Jam because Pearl Jam totally held him back. His place is in Soundgarden.

Black Days will always be a favorite. Wish they had played some of that.

'Head Down' is the best.

The memory still remains... So glad someone thought to record their story on video.

Not much of a Soundgarden fan, but I give Kim Thayil credit for keeping track of all those alternate tunings he uses and when to use them at the right time so he doesn't accidentally grab the wrong-tuned guitar. Also, tuning all the strings to E on "Mind Riot" is quite a novel idea.

thank you for letting us continue to experience Soundgarden even more

throughout all the grunge period, Soundgarden was it. Tight skills and really the best "grunge" sounds. Love these guys. Everytime I've seen them live, excellent. RIP CC

Will miss you my friend. Wasn't ever a question of if but when. We're all feeling Minnesota; you'll always be looking California.

One of the reasons why Soundgarden was great was the fact that all the members played guitar and wrote music for the band meaning that they were able to make really well written and diverse albums.

Been a Soundgarden fan since like 90 and this was a great interview ,, thanks

Learned every chord and then switched to bass....

Until now I never heard Kim speak about their method and appreciate this upload. Thank You.

Funny how this vid pops up after Chris passing. Rip

RIP Chris Cornell. It doesn't matter how you exited, just sadly that you did . Thanks for bringing joy to all of your fans.

I always forget how much Kim influenced my guit playing. Love that dude.

Just the greatest, best, most personal, meaningful band in the world ever. That´s all.

Man, I love when Ben tells the story about how he wrote Head Down, its my favorite SG song. That man is a genius and one of my favorite bass players.

These are great men. Thank you for giving me the music you created

Is it just me or is Kim's tone at 9:35 better than the actual recording

0:32 What a great dad, encouraging his son in the correct way.

So... Son asks "can you buy me a guitar?" Dad says "not until you learn every chord in this book" Dad has a music theory book or book of chords but no instrument? Did dad go buy a book of chords and a neck of a guitar to see if son was serious about learning guitar?

Kim is a brilliant guy and one of the most underrated rock guitarists ever.

This is the first Soundgarden video that i watched which has no "noone sings like you anymore" in the top comments.....how refreshing.

Damn I miss these guys. I saw them one time in 2017 and it was amazing. I planned on seeing them many more times but we all know what happened. RIP Chris. I hope these guys get back together and make music again, not as Soundgarden of course. I'd love to hear more from this group....

Soungarden it's so unique. Every single member it's insanely unique and talented...

What an important band for me growing up. I wish Chris would have been able to stick around for his family and the band. Thank you Soundgarden, bless your soul Chris.

RIP Chris. All my heroes are dead!

kim is a really underated guitarist dosnt get enough credit for his sick riffs

LEGENDS!!!

That Superunknown riff at the beginning is just stunning

R.I.P. CHRIS.. we know you were taken from the world...🙌💔

I didn’t know that “Guitar George” was in Soundgarden

It's kind of funny that Kim was the only one who mentions Hiro, original bassist.

Chris Cornell says that he had never heard of any famous musician to come out of Seattle I'm pretty sure Jimi Hendrix came out of Seattle, but that's none of my business

Every band that Matt Cameron is not in, ....is compromised.