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Founder of Marshall Amps passes away
RIP, Jim.
Ladies and gentlemen, please lower your amplifiers to half-volume. The world lost a monster of rock and roll today. Jim Marshall, the founder of Marshall Amplification, passed away after years of battling cancer and strokes. He was 88. And a legend.
Since the 1960s, Marshall's gear has been used by the most famous musicians from every generation: Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Slayer, and beyond. Head down to your any rock n' roll club anywhere in the world tonight, and at least one musician will be using a Marshall amp. If that's an exaggeration, it's slight. You simply cannot overstate the importance of this gear on this history of rock music.
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The amps are so commonly associated with glorious shred that by this point, they even look loud. When you walk into an arena and see that a band's back line consists of a wall of Marshall amps, you know your ears will still be ringing in the morning.
Thanks for all the years of amazing music, Jim.
http://gizmodo.com/5899388/after-50-years-marshall-amps-will-now-rock-on-without-their-leader
Since the 1960s, Marshall's gear has been used by the most famous musicians from every generation: Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Slayer, and beyond. Head down to your any rock n' roll club anywhere in the world tonight, and at least one musician will be using a Marshall amp. If that's an exaggeration, it's slight. You simply cannot overstate the importance of this gear on this history of rock music.
<...>
The amps are so commonly associated with glorious shred that by this point, they even look loud. When you walk into an arena and see that a band's back line consists of a wall of Marshall amps, you know your ears will still be ringing in the morning.
Thanks for all the years of amazing music, Jim.
http://gizmodo.com/5899388/after-50-years-marshall-amps-will-now-rock-on-without-their-leader