page_title: Hiro Yamamoto
section_title: Stereo Donkey
hierarchical_section_title: Hiro Yamamoto / Stereo Donkey
caption_attribution_description: English: Stereo Donkey in rehearsal, in the former church that is guitarist Pat Wickline's home. Hiro Yamamoto (L), Pat Wickline (C), and Mike Bajuk (R). April 17, 2016.
context_page_description: Hiro Yamamoto is an American bassist who was a founding member of grunge band Soundgarden, along with Kim Thayil and Chris Cornell in 1984. He left the band in 1989, and two years later, he started the independent rock band Truly together with Screaming Trees drummer Mark Pickerel and Robert Roth from The Storybook Krooks. In 2016, Yamamoto co-founded the surf trio Stereo Donkey.
context_section_description: Following a successful 2016 jam session, Yamamoto formed a surf-inspired trio, Stereo Donkey, with drummer Mike Bajuk, and guitarist Pat Wickline. Unlike most surf music, which tends to feature either the guitar or the drums, Stereo Donkey emphasizes all three instruments—with Yamamoto's bass providing a fresh, melodic sound.
  In November 2018, the band released an eponymous six-track EP, recorded in the old church that Wickline lives in. According to Wickline, “'The room is a fourth member of the band.'” The recording reportedly works as both surf music and exotica, yet is still rooted in, "Pacific Northwest rock history."
caption: Stereo Donkey in rehearsal, in the former church that is the, "fourth member of the band." April 17, 2016.
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