Heritage

All Sixties Seventies Eighties Nineties Early 2000s Twenty Tens

Since our beginning in 1962, Marshall has played a pivotal role in an array of musical genres and has contributed significantly to shaping generations of groundbreaking music. With each passing decade, we have honed our craft, ensuring that our reputation for cutting-edge audio remains unparalleled – whether you find yourself on stage, in the studio, at home or on-the-go. 

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Jim Marshall outside the first Marshall shop in London

Sixties

1960 open for business – 'Jim Marshall and Son'

Image of Jim Marshall reading a Marshall paper in front of the first Marshall amplifier

Sixties

1962: A noisy revelation – amplifier ‘Number one’

A black and white image of a person climbing on the wall of a building

Sixties

1964: The mods and the rockers battle on Brighton beach

A black and white photo of a group of people playing guitars with Marshall Amps in background.

Sixties

1965: THE MARSHALL
STACK POWERS
THE BRITISH INVASION

A colour image of Jimi Hendrix standing in front of a Marshall stack. He's holding the guitar up to his mouth and playing it with his teeth.

Sixties

1966: Jimi Hendrix Takes Marshall International

A group of men working in a factory.

Sixties

1967: Demand Exceeds Supply for Marshall

A couple dancing at a festival

Sixties

1967: The Summer of Love

Black and white image of a group of skinheads standing in the street.

Sixties

1968: Skinheads and Rudeboys

David Bowie, applying makeup to appear as Ziggy Stardust

Seventies

1972: Glam Rock Revolution Brings Gender Subversion to Pop Music

A crowd forms outside iconic New York venue CBGB.

Seventies

1973: A Historic Music Venue Opens in New York

Jim Marshall in a satin bomber jacket sat in front of a wall of Marshall Cabs

Seventies

1975: Marshall Come Alive With The Wall-Of-Amps Phenomenon

Iggy pop is on stage with David Bowie playing piano.

Seventies

1976: Bowie and Iggy Pop Touch Down in Berlin

The Jackson 5 are sat in matching costumes on and around a motorbike

Seventies

1977: Disco transcends racial and sexual boundaries

Band performs on stage at a "rock against racism" concert; drummer in background, guitarist playing energetically in foreground.

Seventies

1978: Music Unites to Rock Against Racism

A person working on the electronics of a JCM800

EIGHTIES

1981: A new Innovation – The JCM800

Bad Brains stag diving into a full crowd

EIGHTIES

1982: Hardcore Marks The Evolution Of Punk

A shot of the film Spinal Tap

EIGHTIES

1984: Marshall goes to Hollywood

1986 image in black and white of the Beastie Boys and Run DMC

EIGHTIES

1986: hip hop hits the mainstream

Slash performing on stage in front of his signature Marshall amps.

EIGHTIES

1987: Slash, Marshall, and an appetite for amplification

Citizens from both sides of Berlin celebrate at the Brandenburg Gate in 1989.

EIGHTIES

1989: East Germany's war on punk

A black and white image of one of the first live shows by Bikini Kill.

Nineties

1991: The riot grrrl manifesto

Jim Marshall accepting the Queen’s Award.

Nineties

1992: Marshall's 30th is marked with a second Queen's award

Black and white image of Oasis performing on stage in 1994.

Nineties

1994: Guitar music dominates on both sides of the Atlantic

Gif of The Prodigy performing on stage and people in the crowd.

Nineties

1997: Rave hits the charts as Marshall turns 35

Hang On The Box preforming, Beijing 1999. Photo: James Bollon

Nineties

1999: Beijing punk makes the cover of newsweek

Pete Doherty of The Libertines.

Early 2000's

2001: The great indie revival

Jim Marshall on the steps of Buckingham Palace with his OBE

Early 2000's

2003: The Jim Marshall charitable trust and a meeting with the Queen

Paramore and My Chemical Romance performing with Marshall amplifiers.

Early 2000's

2006: Emo goes mainstream

Jay-Z performing on stage surrounded by a screen of different cabs

Early 2000's

2008: The wall of Marshall Amps reinvented

A Marshall speaker being unveiled from underneath a silk cloth

Twenty Tens

2010: From The Stage To The People - Marshall Headphones

Silouette of a person standing watch the live show

Twenty Tens

2012: A blow-out at Wembley marks 50 years of Marshall

Black and white image of Voice of youth and Vox Livehouse.

Twenty Tens

2014: A Chinese venue becomes an international cultural melting pot

Image of Nova Twins performing at Baby’s All Right, NYC.

Twenty Tens

2016: A new signing - Marshall Records