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Hiro Yamamoto

Seattle, United States

Hiro Yamamoto is credited on 96 releases across 32 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1977–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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96

Pressings credited

32

Albums

6

Decades active

168

In collections

Biography

Hiro D. Yamamoto (born April 13, 1961) is an American bassist who was a founding member of grunge band Soundgarden, along with Kim Thayil and Chris Cornell, in 1984. 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.

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Credited work

96 releases · 32 albums · active 1977–2025

  • Performance · 143
  • Other credits · 76

Studios: Reciprocal Recording · Pace Studios · Dogfish Studios · The Moore Theatre

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