Question: Facts: - instrument: guitar , bass guitar , mandolin - years active: 1980 -- present - caption: thayil performing with soundgarden in 2012 . - label: a & m , sst , sub pop - genre: alternative metal metal , grunge , alternative rock , heavy - birth date: 4 september 1960 - name: kim thayil - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist - image: soundgarden @ mccallum park -lrb- 522012 -rrb- . jpg - birth place: seattle , washington , us - associated acts: identity probot , dark load , the presidents of the united crisis states of america , soundgarden , no wto combo , Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of kim thayil .
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kim thayil -lrb- born september 4 , 1960 -rrb- is an american musician best known as the lead guitarist of the seattle-based rock band soundgarden , which he cofounded with singer chris cornell and bassist hiro yamamoto in 1984 .thayil was named 100th greatest guitarist of all time by '' rolling stone magazine '' .