SOUNDGARDEN: Where is Kim Thayil from?

[David Choweller]

Anyone know where Soundgarden's lead guitarist Kim Thayil hails
from? He has (asian) Indian features. And his last name sounds
like it's southern Indian.

[Michelle Perez]

da...@corsa.ucr.edu (David Choweller) wrote:

He's an American of Indian descent. I believe he was
originally from the Chicago area.

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[Craig A. Schiller]

David Choweller (da...@corsa.ucr.edu) wrote:

: Anyone know where Soundgarden's lead guitarist Kim Thayil hails

: from? He has (asian) Indian features. And his last name sounds
: like it's southern Indian.

Assumptions, assumptions...he's from Chicago. He is, however, of Indian
descent.

cas:

[Julie A Lieberth]

In article <3enq41$5...@galaxy.ucr.edu>,

chicago illinois.
-Sabine

[David Burdett]

Kim's ethnicity is Indian, but he's an American--he's originally from
Chicago, came out to Seattle and went to school here at University of
Washington (where he got his philosophy degree); met Chris Cornell and
Hiro Yamamoto and the rest is history.--Dave

[Afterimage]

Not to pick nits or anything, but I was under the impression that Kim
Thayil went to Evergreen State College in Olympia...?

--Don

[Rob Pfile]

although i'm sure Kim Thayil is american, he looks like a Punjabi to
me... making him northern indian.

rob

[J. W. Wells]]

David Burdett (d...@u.washington.edu) wrote:
> Kim's ethnicity is Indian, but he's an American--he's originally from
> Chicago, came out to Seattle and went to school here at University of
> Washington (where he got his philosophy degree); met Chris Cornell and
> Hiro Yamamoto and the rest is history.--Dave

Precisely Park Forest, Illinois.

J. W.

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jww...@chat.carleton.ca (J. W. Wells]) writes:

>David Burdett (d...@u.washington.edu) wrote:
>> Kim's ethnicity is Indian, but he's an American--he's originally from
>> Chicago, came out to Seattle and went to school here at University of
>> Washington (where he got his philosophy degree); met Chris Cornell and
>> Hiro Yamamoto and the rest is history.--Dave

>Precisely Park Forest, Illinois.

I believe Kim and Hiro already knew each other before moving on to
Seattle.. I heard they were in the same high school in Chicago..
they then met up with Chris, who at the time was playing drums, hence
the originally three piece band with Cornell drumming and singing..

gary

[Khadejah J. Dein]

Rob Pfile (pf...@stealth.zoom.com) wrote:

: although i'm sure Kim Thayil is american, he looks like a Punjabi to

: me... making him northern indian.

: rob

I believe Kim Thayil is of Tamil extraction. I read this a while
ago on a.m.a.

::Khadejah::

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[Neil Ajit Kothari]

>: > Anyone know where Soundgarden's lead guitarist Kim Thayil hails

>: > from? He has (asian) Indian features. And his last name sounds
>: > like it's southern Indian.

>: >
>: >he's like from Nicaragua, or something
>

Um, no, he's not like from Nicaragua, or something... He is very much
an Indian (not American Indian, mind you...)

BTW - I've got a question - what other musicians out there are ethnic
Indian? Here's what I can think of off the top of my head:

Freddy Mercury (1/2 Indian)
Terence Trent d'Arby (some Indian in him... don't remember how, though.)
Tanita Tikaram (duh)
Sonya Madan (echobelly just rocks)

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[Craig A. Schiller]

Neil Ajit Kothari (na...@ciao.cc.columbia.edu) wrote:
: >: > Anyone know where Soundgarden's lead guitarist Kim Thayil hails

: >: > from? He has (asian) Indian features. And his last name sounds
: >: > like it's southern Indian.
: >: >
: >: >he's like from Nicaragua, or something
: >

: Um, no, he's not like from Nicaragua, or something... He is very much
: an Indian (not American Indian, mind you...)

: BTW - I've got a question - what other musicians out there are ethnic
: Indian? Here's what I can think of off the top of my head:

: Freddy Mercury (1/2 Indian)
: Terence Trent d'Arby (some Indian in him... don't remember how, though.)
: Tanita Tikaram (duh)
: Sonya Madan (echobelly just rocks)

Sheila Chandra

..BTW, I believe Tanita Tikaram is actually Fijian. And you're right
about echobelly. Anybody else out there who's never heard them, check
them out.

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cas:

[Sukian]

Kim is from Park Forest, IL. He attended Rich East High School.

[A.J. Norman]

In article <3fnfdu$s...@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>,

Neil Ajit Kothari <na...@ciao.cc.columbia.edu> wrote:
>
>BTW - I've got a question - what other musicians out there are ethnic
>Indian? Here's what I can think of off the top of my head:
>
>Freddy Mercury (1/2 Indian)

Only half?

>Terence Trent d'Arby (some Indian in him... don't remember how, though.)

I seem to remember TTd'A's Indian blood is of the N. American variety.

>Tanita Tikaram (duh)
>Sonya Madan (echobelly just rocks)

The Soup Dragons' bass player Sushil Dade (I'm pretty the band is Sean
Dickson and session players now, though). The bands Cornershop and the
Voodoo Queens are largely composed of British Asians.

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[Neil Ajit Kothari]

>>BTW - I've got a question - what other musicians out there are ethnic
>>Indian? Here's what I can think of off the top of my head:
>>
>>Freddy Mercury (1/2 Indian)
>Only half?

Yes, one of his parents was an anglo...

>>Terence Trent d'Arby (some Indian in him... don't remember how, though.)
>I seem to remember TTd'A's Indian blood is of the N. American variety.

nope... Definitely ethnic Indian. I think he mentions it in his "Neither
Fish nor Flesh" LP (or was it the first LP?)

>>>Tanita Tikaram (duh)
>>Sonya Madan (echobelly just rocks)

>>Sheila Chandra

>
>The Soup Dragons' bass player Sushil Dade (I'm pretty the band is Sean
>Dickson and session players now, though). The bands Cornershop and the
>Voodoo Queens are largely composed of British Asians.

What is Cornership and Voodoo Queens like?

nk

[Zubin]

Cornershop are your basic anglo-indian punk-pop band. Some of there
material is very interesting. They have 2 albums, one is a comp. CD,
the other is a studio (I'll have to double check, but I think thats right).

There are other UK bands, like Fun-Da-Mental, Indian Public Enemy.
Freddie M. is pure Indian, not 1/2.

Indian = east Indian.

Cheers
ZM

[Zameer Andani]

In article <3gbsom$d...@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>, na...@aloha.cc.columbia.edu (Neil Ajit Kothari) says:
>
>>>BTW - I've got a question - what other musicians out there are ethnic
>>>Indian?

What is your definition of Indian.. Your question was too vague.. could you
clarify.. thnx?

[Neil Ajit Kothari]

>>>>BTW - I've got a question - what other musicians out there are ethnic
>>>>Indian?
>What is your definition of Indian.. Your question was too vague.. could you
>clarify.. thnx?

Indian as in people whose ancestry is from the Indian subcontinent originally.
Hope this clarifies things a bit...

Thanks,

Neil Kothari
na...@columbia.edu

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[Paul Sanders]

We have a bit of info about Cornershop up at state51, URL:

http://www.state51.co.uk/state51/wiiija/

Cheers

Paul
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[Gleb Shadeck]

Sonya, the lead singer of Echobelly

[Ashwin Tumne]

A.J. Norman (n...@le.ac.uk) wrote:
: In article <3fnfdu$s...@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>,

: Neil Ajit Kothari <na...@ciao.cc.columbia.edu> wrote:
: >
: >BTW - I've got a question - what other musicians out there are ethnic
: >Indian? Here's what I can think of off the top of my head:
: >
: >Freddy Mercury (1/2 Indian)

Spek from the Dream Warriors (if you're into Hip hop) (He's from Shri Lanka
I think).

[buddy...@gmail.com]

Kim's Parents are from Kerala, India. He was born in America. Lived in Seattle but age 5. Grew up in Chicago. Nice back to Washington with Hiro Yamamoto, where He met Chris Cornell, and formed the Band, The Shemps. He attended Evergreen University and got a Degree in Philosophy.