Marshall Law Band

All students, alumni, faculty, staff, and community are invited to the Summer Noon Concert series! Concerts are scheduled on July 14, 21, and 28 at 12pm and feature a different artist each week. Concerts will be on the PAC Plaza (inside the Viking Union in the case of rain) and live-streamed on Facebook and on the Associated Students website. If attending in person, please wear a mask, be ready to check in using your Western ID, and keep a safe distance from each other.

 

On July 28, we welcome Marshall Law Band!

 

After they set up only one block from the front lines of Seattle’s Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP) during the George Floyd riots, community activist band Marshall Law Band (MLB) quickly became a fixture of the local movement, inspiring protesters long into the night with their music. The band was galvanized into bringing their music to the protests after seeing Seattle journalist Omari Salisbury get gassed by police on his livestream with 4,000 people watching.  

 

But in the late evening hours of June 7, the Seattle Police Department (SPD) set off the first of what would become multiple rounds of tear gas, flash bangs, and rubber bullets against a crowd of hundreds of protesters, and MLB’s music became more than a respite from the standoff down the street. As police turned down 11th Avenue toward the band, friends and fans urged them to stop playing because “the police weren’t going to stop.” 

 

In response, frontman Marshall Hugh only had one answer: “We’re not going to stop, either.” In that moment, Marshall Law Band became the voice of a revolution.  

 

Last October, Marshall Law Band released their debut album, 12th & Pine, a concept project named for the location of Seattle’s ongoing protests outside SPD’s East Precinct where the band also performed. The project, inspired by Hugh’s decision to keep playing as the police advanced, includes an album, a graphic novel, and a documentary. They just released their new video, “.” 

 

The album is now under consideration for a Pulitzer Price in Music 

 

Read more about them: https://www.marshalllawband.info/