Marc Riley

Marc Riley (born in Manchester, Lancashire, 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 formed Marc Riley with The Creepers. The Creepers were: Marc Riley (Guitar/Vocals), Eddie Fenn (Drums), Paul Fletcher (Guitar), Pete Keogh (Bass) Paul Fletcher and Pete Keogh were later replaced by Mark Tilton on Guitar and Phil Roberts on Bass. The records they made were full of hard hitting humour and remained as opinionated as those of Riley`s former Boss Mark `e Smith (who apparently wrote the sarcastic Middle Class about Riley). Examples of Creepers tunes include the anti-Paul Weller rallying cry Bard Of Woking and the infamous Shadow Figure a song that can still these days bring a grown man to tears begging for it to be turned off. John Peel had The Creepers in a total of 5 times to do sessions for him and you can see details of the sessions below. Albums that they released included 'Cull', 'Gross Out' and 'Warts n' All'. Marc eventually split up The Creepers in 1987 after having got nearly no commercial success.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 One, during which time he was known as Lard. He joined 6 Music in April 2004.

Links To Peel
Peel got into the Creepers, when Marc Riley left one of Peel's favourite bands, The Fall, to create a new band called Marc Riley & The Creepers. The group did 5 sessions for Peel's show between 1983 and 1987. Peel kept in touch with Marc Riley, although on one point on 01 December 1990, Peel thought Riley left music and did a job stripping houses. The duo would meet regularly when Riley joined BBC Radio One as part of Mark And Lard. Peel would sometimes present Mark And Lard's show when the duo were away. However after Peel's death, Marc Riley paid tribute to Peel after his death on John Peel's Record Box, broadcast on Channel 4 in 2005. As part of the 10th anniversary of Peel's death in 2014 on BBC Six Radio, Riley commentated that his greatest memory of Peel was when he covered Mark Ratcliffe's show on BBC Radio One during the 90's. He also commented that he co-presented with Peel on a show, but felt it wasn't a success. 

Sessions
1. Recorded: 1983-11-21. Broadcast: 29 November 1983. Repeated: 2. Recorded: 1984-06-26. Broadcast: 23 July 1984. Repeated:
 * Cure By Choice / Location Bangladesh / Baby Paints / Blow Your Own Trumpet / Pickin' The Nose


 * Snipe / Hole 4 A Soul / Shirt Scene / Shadow Figure

3. Recorded: 1985-08-25. Broadcast: 04 September 1985. Repeated:


 * Black Dwarf / Bard Of Woking / Goin' Rate / Cold Fish

4. Recorded: 1986-05-27. Broadcast: 04 June 1986. Repeated:


 * Another Song About Motorbikes / The Adventures Of Brian Glider / Bank Of Horrors / Stroke Of Geniu

5. Recorded: 1987-02-08. Broadcast: 25 February 1987. Repeated:


 * Lucky / Yea Heavy And A Bottle Of Bread / Sparks / Tearjerker

Other Shows Played

 * tbc