A Screaming Life: Into the Superunknown with Soundgarden and Beyond

For years, the 90 family has wanted someone from Soundgarden to open the door and let us all the way in. Kim Thayil finally did it.

A Screaming Life is the co-founder and lead guitarist's definitive memoir — written with music journalist Adem Tepedelen. The real stories, the moments behind the music, the things that never made it into an interview.

From beer-soaked punk clubs to rock icons

Soundgarden came up in the same Seattle underground that 90 was born around — sweaty rooms, cheap beer, a scene inventing itself in real time. Kim takes you from those humble beginnings to the band that fearlessly pushed the boundaries of rock, helped invent a genre, and became one of the signature acts of the entire decade.

Backstage, in his own words

This is Kim going backstage to introduce the band the way only a founding member can — the making of Superunknown, life on the road, the brotherhood, and the loss. For anyone who loves Chris Cornell, it's about as close as you'll get to the room where it all happened.

Hardcover. Out June 9, 2026. If you've been waiting for the inside story of Soundgarden, this is the book.