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Marshall's are great because they are clean and powerful, but you need to use effects pedals to get any sounds. I used to gig with a half stack and tried both solid state and tube heads, but got my distortion from either a rat pedal or a tube screamer. Marshalls have no real presence or reverb to them, they sound pretty flat by themselves.
I now think that big amps are for kids with penis issues. I got damn tired of lugging mine around, all you need is something for a stage monitor and practice, generally you're running through the board at a gig anyway. I switched to a Fender Twin Reverb... which had a very, very cool sound. I'm now playing a Fender 60 watt tube combo with a single 12 in it. It's all you need to get over the sound of the drum kit.
I have a Korg modelling unit that I'll plug in when I want to sound freaky, but generally, I just use what the amp can give me. Back when I used to play in a lot of straight up cover bands, I tried hard to match the sounds of the original songs, but now I am more into finding my own sound.
If you are looking for some sonic versatility, the modeling amps by Line 6 are really, really good. Fender also has some pretty decent ones (Cyber Twin, etc). Modeling amps can get steep though, and there are plenty of good multi-effects units out there by Boss, Korg, DigiTech, that run only a couple hundred bucks and will keep you busy.
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