Marc Riley
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Marc "Lard" Riley is a British musician, alternative rock critic and radio DJ.
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[edit] Musical career
Riley was a member of The Fall between 1978 and early 1983. He originally worked as a roadie for the group before being added to the line-up on bass. He is heard on this instrument on their second single "It's The New Thing" and debut album Live at the Witch Trials. He switched to guitar and keyboards in 1979 and held this position until falling out with Mark E. Smith during the group's 1982 tour of Australia and New Zealand. In 2005, he told the BBC that Smith had sacked him by telephone in early 1983, telling him that they were undertaking a tour without him. According to Smith this happened on Riley's wedding day.[1]. Riley formed his own band, The Creepers and released several albums during the following years, although they had disbanded by the end of the decade.
In the late eighties he also drew and wrote the comic strips Harry The Head and Doctor Mooney for the comic Oink! as well as recording a flexidisc single for the comic as a giveaway.
Riley and Mark Radcliffe formed the group The Shirehorses who played at Glastonbury in 1997.
[edit] Radio career
Riley is perhaps best known as one half of the duo Mark and Lard with fellow DJ Mark Radcliffe, who together presented "Hit The North" on BBC Radio 5 (Radcliffe fronted a weekly show on Radio 1 called Out on Blue Six on BBC Radio 1 around the same time), before the duo moved to Radio One's 10pm slot in 1993. They moved to the breakfast show in 1997, and finally to the 1pm to 3pm slot in January 1998, presenting their final show on the station in 2004.
After leaving Radio 1, the duo cordially went their separate ways; Riley moved to BBC 6 Music, and Radcliffe to BBC Radio 2.
He can currently be heard on BBC 6 Music, where he presents the Sony Radio Academy Award-nominated [2] show Brain Surgery on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings and used to present Mint with Rob Hughes on Sunday evenings. The station cancelled this popular show, although Riley has hinted that elements of it may be included in his week time show.
Mark and Lard have also released two comedy/parody albums under the guise of The Shirehorses.
| Preceded by Chris Evans |
BBC Radio One Breakfast Show Presenter 1997 |
Succeeded by Kevin Greening and Zoe Ball |
[edit] Trivia
- Riley is a supporter of Manchester City F.C..
- Riley is credited with inventing the rhyming slang term "It's all gone Pete Tong" which means "It's all gone wrong"
