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Marc Riley
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Marc "Lard" Riley is a British musician, alternative rock critic and radio DJ.
Contents
- 1 Musical career
- 2 Radio career
- 3 Trivia
- 4 External links
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Musical career
Riley was a member of The Fall from 1978 to 1982, originally working as a roadie before playing bass and, later, lead guitar. After falling out of favour with the venerable Mark E. Smith, Riley left to from his own band, The Creepers, with whom he released several albums.
Radio career
Riley is perhaps best known as one half of the duo
Mark and Lard with fellow DJ
Mark Radcliffe, who together presented the late evening show
Out on Blue Six on
BBC Radio 1, before moving on 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; with Riley moving to
BBC 6 Music, and Radcliffe to
BBC Radio 2.
Riley can currently be heard on
BBC 6 Music, where he presents
Brain Surgery on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings and
Mint with
Rob Hughes on Sunday evenings.
Mark and Lard have also released two comedy/parody albums under the guise of
The Shirehorses:
Trivia
