Marc Riley (born in Manchester England, 10 July 1961) is a British musician, alternative rock critic and radio DJ on BBC Radio 6 Music. Formerly a member of The Fall, he had his own record label, In-Tape, and also worked as a record plugger for bands such as Massive Attack, Pixies, Cocteau Twins and Happy Mondays. Marc has worked in radio since about 1990 and for 14 years of that he worked with Mark Radcliffe on BBC Radio 5 and BBC Radio 1, during which time he was known as Lard. He joined 6 Music in April 2004.
It was 15 June 1972 that David Bowie changed my life. Performing Starman on a kids TV programme called Lift Off three weeks before his legendary appearance on Top of the Pops (1964). When he announced 'the last show we'll ever do' from the stage of the Hammersmith Odeon just about a year later I thought I'd never even get to see him in concert. Who'd have thought over nearly three decades later I'd be introducing him onto that very same stage. Bowie changed my life. It's a simple as that.
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Worked extensively as a cartoonist and writer in the 1980s for the children's comic 'Oink!', where his characters included Doctor Mooney and Harry the Head.
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Former member of UK Indie Bands "The Fall" and "The Creepers".
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DJ with BBC Radio 1 as sidekick of Mark Radcliffe until 2004. Now broadcasts at BBC 6music radio station.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dominator
2003
Decimator (voice)
Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show
1992
TV Series
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Pulp Video
1995
TV Series
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
writer: "Hip Priest" 1981 - as M. Riley
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Guitar 1978-1982
An Audience with Kylie Minogue
2001
TV Special
Himself - Audience Member
This Is Your Life
1997
TV Series documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
When Moyles Met the Radio 1 Breakfast DJs
2010
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Known for movies
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) as Soundtrack
Pulp Video (1995) as Writer
An Audience with Kylie Minogue (2001) as Himself - Audience Member
The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith (2005) as Himself - Guitar 1978-1982
$1.3 Million
