and won two Grammys. Thayil became acclaimed for his guitar work, which was typically characterized by heavy riffing, and was cited among other grunge guitarists as an influence and a pioneer of the "Seattle Sound." In 1994, Thayil commented, "I think Soundgarden is a pretty good band and I'm a fine guitarist. I'm not God, but I'm certainly not average. I feel very comfortable with the fact that not many other people can do what I do on guitar. I think my guitar is happy with the way I play it." Originally one of Soundgarden's main songwriters, Thayil's contributions as a writer eventually dwindled to just one song on Down on the Upside, "Never the Machine Forever", although he contributed to details in every song, as did every band member. Thayil explained that "Collaboration was paramount in our early music, especially right at the beginning when it was me on guitar, Hiro on bass and Chris on drums," but eventually all four members became songwriters of their own, "all writing guitar parts that I had to learn." This led him to do "Never the Machine Forever" all on his own, as Thayil thought "Well, if I'm going to have a song on this fucking record, I'm going to have to write lyrics." While a member of Soundgarden, he has written the following songs for the band: "Hunted Down" (Screaming Life) ... music "Nothing to Say" (Screaming Life) ... music "Tears To Forget" (Screaming Life) ... music (co-written) "Little Joe" (Screaming Life) ... music "Hand of God" (Screaming Life) ... music "Kingdom of Come" (Fopp) ... credited to Soundgarden "Flower" (Ultramega OK) ... music "All Your Lies" (Ultramega OK) ... music (co-written) "Circle of Power" (Ultramega OK) ... music "Incessant Mace" (Ultramega OK) ... music "Hands All Over" (Louder Than Love) ... music "Get on the Snake" (Louder Than Love) ... music "Heretic" (Loudest Love) ... music "Jesus Christ Pose" (Badmotorfinger) ... music (co-written) "Room a Thousand Years Wide" (Badmotorfinger) ... lyrics "New Damage" (Badmotorfinger) ... music (co-written) "My Wave" (Superunknown) ... music (co-written) "Superunknown" (Superunknown) ... music (co-written) "Limo Wreck" (Superunknown) ... music (co-written) "Kickstand" (Superunknown) ... music "Never the Machine Forever" (Down on the Upside) ... music and lyrics "Black Rain" (Telephantasm) ...music (co-written) "Non-State Actor" (King Animal) ...lyrics (co-written) "By Crooked Steps" (King Animal) ...music (co-written) "A Thousand Days Before" (King Animal) ...music "Blood on the Valley Floor"