KIM THAYILL

The Alternator GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS

Popularising alternate tunings that had previously been more common in acoustic music that didn’t sound like trucks blasting over arctic tundra. WHERE TO START Spoonman

This riff is simple enough for beginners to pick up pretty quickly, and there’s something physically satisfying about the way it weaves its way down the guitar’s neck. BOSS LEVEL Rusty Cage

Weird note groupings. Honky fixed wah wah tones. The low E string tuned down to B. And the slow section that goes from three bars of 3/4 time, one bar of 5/4, one bar of 3/4 and finally one bar of 2/4 before repeating again... Yikes.