The one and only Terry Marshall was in Germany to head the Emergenza International Jury. If you are not familiar with the Marshall name, then you should not be into music. For the last 40 odd years Marshall Amplifiers have shaped the sound of rock. All the songs you hear on the radio, all the best rock/pop/metal and what have you style of music play Marshall Amps. Terry and his father, Jim, are single handedly responsible for the sound of today. Without Marshall there would not be The Who, Jim Hendrix, Gun n Roses, The Police and Hundreds of Others. Not only is Marshall the most famous name in Rock, but their amplifiers go to 11 (fill here other spinal tap references please). Terry took time off from his busy schedule ( and from getting his picture taken by every single Emergenza guitar player at the Taubertal festival) to answer some simple questions “thrown by” our own Rock maestro. 1) Marshall is the most famous name in amplifiers already so you don''t need an introduction, Emergenza is working with musicians on a global scale but obviously on a "ground level", meaning, we are “nurturing the stars of tomorrow”….. Am I right in saying that the Marshall-Emergenza association is a labour of love to help new talent spring up? Working with Emergenza to support new talent is really a natural continuation for us. When we built our first amplifier in 1962 it was for customers such as The Who, and Eric Clapton, who were then unsigned artists at the beginning of their careers, just like the musicians I saw at this year''s Emergenza final. 2) You are yourself a musician and so you have obviously experimented with tone and the "constant search for the right sound" in the past. ….Knowing all the amps on your line, what Marshall amplifier does best describe Mr Terry Marshall and why? Obviously I have a particular soft spot for the first Marshall amplifier - the JTM45. The name of this amplifier comes from “Jim and Terry Marshall”. I was proud to work on this amplifier using as a reference point a Fender Stratocaster and Gibson 335, which were the popular instruments in the UK at that time. The tone of this amplifier can still be heard within all Marshall amps produced since then and this original amplifier still has pride of place in our museum. 3) Marshall sponsors the Milton Keynes Dons, a professional football team in the English first division. You have the very distinctive Marshall logo on the shirt, Sennheiser, the microphone manufacturers, sponsor Port Vale FC. A few weeks ago your team, in a friendly match, beat Watford FC, Elton John''s Team. Is the rock and roll industry learning a bit of "team work" from professional sport or is this the beginning of a trend? Maybe we can have the rock and roll football league soon? On occasions I think soccer can learn a lot from young musicians working together on stage where I see REAL teamwork!