Marshall has launched The Dead Venue Sessions, a limited film series that returns bands to three former music venues in New York, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles.
The series presents the rooms as places where scenes formed, artists learned to command a room, and audiences found one another.
The venues are New York’s China Chalet, Philadelphia’s Stalag 13, and Los Angeles’ London Fog. Each has since been converted for other uses.
- China Chalet: now a food court and arcade
- Stalag 13: now a bodybuilding gym
- London Fog: now a barber shop
Episode 2: Stalag 13
The second episode is available now and centers on Stalag 13. Between 1996 and 1999, the Philadelphia room hosted Refused, Dillinger Escape Plan, and Limp Wrist.
Named after the fictional POW camp in Hogan’s Heroes, Stalag 13 was part of a row of warehouse venues that included the Fake House and Killtime. It had almost no infrastructure: bands played on the floor, surrounded by the crowd. A wider culture of self-organized events, flyers, and fanzines operated around the music.
For one final performance, the space became a venue again. Marshall brought Sweet Pill to perform in the room that is now a gym.
Amplify funding
Through its Amplify membership program, Marshall directs 1% of qualifying online purchases toward grassroots spaces, funding backline equipment, shows, and longer-term partnerships.
