Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil has introduced a brand new memoir, A Screaming Life.
Arriving in Might 2026 by way of HarperCollins, the guitarist reveals he’s spent “the previous few years” engaged on the guide, and in it he tells his personal life story of rising up in Chicago earlier than heading over to Seattle with Hiro Yamamoto, and naturally serving to to kind the almighty Soundgarden.
An outline of A Screaming Life – which has the tagline Into The Superunknown With Soundgarden And Past – on HarperCollins reads: “From Soundgarden’s humble beginnings manifesting grunge in Seattle’s beer-soaked punk golf equipment to their revered standing right this moment as rock icons, the band’s journey has been nothing wanting extraordinary. In A Screaming Life, founding member and guitar god Kim Thayil goes backstage to introduce the band that fearlessly pushed the boundaries of rock, invented a brand new style and amassed fervent followers from each nook of the world.”
We are going to find out about how the quartet “confronted the triumphs and challenges on the highway to their meteoric rise”, in addition to the truth that “Soundgarden was formed by the varied backgrounds of its creators: Thayil’s Indian heritage and founding bassist Hiro Yamamoto’s Japanese background added distinctive dimensions to the band’s identification, influencing not solely their music but additionally their experiences within the trade.”
This memoir information after all comes proper earlier than Soundgarden’s induction into the Rock & Roll Corridor Of Fame, which takes place on November 8 at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater. There’s additionally been speak in current months of the ultimate, unreleased Soundgarden album. In September, drummer Matt Cameron stated that there wasn’t a launch date for it simply but, however they’re “undoubtedly over midway accomplished”, and that Kim was “within the means of ending his guitar components; he needs to verify they get precisely the way in which he needs them.”
