Hiro Yamamoto
Japanese-American musician · United States · On the map · Musicians · Born 1961 · age 65
Hiro D. Yamamoto is an American bassist who was a founding member of grunge band Soundgarden, along with Kim Thayil and Chris Cornell, in 1984.
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He left the band in 1989; two years later, Yamamoto started the independent rock band Truly together with Screaming Trees drummer Mark Pickerel and Robert Roth from The Storybook Krooks. In 2016, Yamamoto co-founded the surf trio Stereo Donkey. In 2025, Yamamoto was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a founding member of Soundgarden.
