Rich with perspective, the band's lead guitarist revisits Seattle's music scene and the loss of Chris Cornell
Published
June 9, 2026 12:00PM (EDT)
Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil and singer Chris Cornell (Paul Rovere/Getty Images)
2026 has been a year of great music books, and another contender for that list has arrived. Soundgarden founding member and guitarist Kim Thayil gives us “A Screaming Life: Into the Superunknown with Soundgarden and Beyond,” out on June 9. “A Screaming Life” isn’t a massive tome, but it still manages to dive deep when it matters, and also when you least expect it to.
