Lee Kiernan of IDLES | Artist Spotlight | Marshall

Bringing raw riffs and powerful tone, we caught up with Lee Kiernan of the iconic IDLES in the Marshall Studio to talk all things amps.

Following the release of their stellar fifth studio album TANGK, Lee walks us through his mighty rig as he runs both a JCM800 2203 and a 1987x that bring an immense level of punch and power to the band's signature hard hitting sound.

Lee's raw tone is full of an immense level of both nuance and authenticity with every note, in this artist spotlight, Lee walks us through the intricacies of his rig and what Marshall means to him.

- CHAPTERS -
00:00 - 00:30 Growing Up With Marshall
00:31 - 01:12 Lee's Rig & Tone
01:13 - 01:59 Rig Effects & Live Setup
02:00 - 02:39 Finding the IDLES tone
02:40 - 03:30 Songwriting with IDLES
03:31 - 04:29 Grammy Nomination & Worldwide Touring

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[El-Yordi]

Yesterday I read that the Marshall company's income in amplifiers was 5% of its total last year. Maybe it would be time to take the digital path? Maybe consider creating an emulator? Marshall could create the definitive digital pedal board, without having to emulate other people's amps. If they made an emulator that only had their own amps, it would be incredible and I think it would be very successful. Maybe it's time to adapt to the future? something like quad cortex/axe fx/line6 HX/tone master What do you say to me, gentlemen from Marshall??? I would spend my money on that...for sure