# The Best Soundgarden Guitar Solos > The 16 best Soundgarden guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Black Hole Sun (1994), then Jesus Christ Pose and Rusty Cage. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: Kim Thayil gave Soundgarden a lead-guitar voice unlike anyone else in grunge, mixing odd tunings, droning raga-like lines and noisy feedback with Black Sabbath heaviness. His solos avoided flashy shredding in favor of strange, textured statements, and that made the band a favorite of guitarists looking for another way to play hard rock. Informed by: [Wikipedia - Kim Thayil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Thayil), [Wikipedia - Superunknown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superunknown), [Wikipedia - Badmotorfinger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badmotorfinger) 1. [Black Hole Sun](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-black-hole-sun/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1994 2. [Jesus Christ Pose](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-jesus-christ-pose/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1991 3. [Rusty Cage](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-rusty-cage/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1991 4. [Outshined](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-outshined/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1991 5. [Superunknown](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-superunknown/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1994 6. [Spoonman](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-spoonman/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1994 7. [Fell on Black Days](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-fell-on-black-days/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1994 8. [Limo Wreck](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-limo-wreck/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1994 9. [Beyond the Wheel](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-beyond-the-wheel/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1988 10. [Hands All Over](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-hands-all-over/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1989 11. [Slaves & Bulldozers](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-slaves-and-bulldozers/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1991 12. [Pretty Noose](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-pretty-noose/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1996 13. [Burden in My Hand](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-burden-in-my-hand/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1996 14. [The Day I Tried to Live](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-the-day-i-tried-to-live/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1994 15. [Mailman](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-mailman/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1994 16. [Been Away Too Long](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-been-away-too-long/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 2012 --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)