<p>In Kim Thayil’s upcoming memoir, the guitarist sheds light on a rather “Superunknown” fact about his band Soundgarden and the genesis of Seattle’s grunge scene — it all started in the Chicago suburbs.</p><p>“While Seattle is where Soundgarden began, the true roots of the Seattle Sound and the grunge story can be traced to a suburb of Chicago — Park Forest,” writes Thayil in “A Screaming Life: Into the Superunknown with Soundgarden and Beyond,” (out June 9 from HarperCollins Publishers). “I have a lot of pride in what I consider to be my hometown.”</p><p>Across nearly 300 detailed pages, co-written with Adem Tepedelen, the book traces Thayil’s journey growing up in the south suburb as the son of immigrant Indian parents (who bought him his first guitar at Sears) to becoming one of the most iconic figures in the ’90s rock milieu. And it’s in large part due to the community established here first.</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-410000" name="image-410000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8ad8940/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5708x3203+0+787/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F1b%2Faa%2F1ad6c3034ef38b5fe97b67153877%2Finsert001-002-9780062586407.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7f41349/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5708x3203+0+787/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F1b%2Faa%2F1ad6c3034ef38b5fe97b67153877%2Finsert001-002-9780062586407.jpg 2x" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <source width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9916133/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5708x3203+0+787/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F1b%2Faa%2F1ad6c3034ef38b5fe97b67153877%2Finsert001-002-9780062586407.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="The Thayil family gathers for a reunion in Bombay, India, during Christmas of 1968.