Marc "Lard" Riley is a musician, alternative rock critic and DJ on BBC 6 Music where he presents Rocket Science on Saturday afternoons and Mint on Sunday evenings. Riley is best known as one half of the duo Mark and Lard, with fellow DJ Mark Radcliffe, who presented the late evening show on BBC Radio 1 before moving on to the breakfast show in the mid 1990s, before moving on to the 1pm to 3pm slot. A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... The terms alternative rock and alternative music were coined in the early 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired music genres which didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... BBC 6 Music is one of the BBCs newest radio stations, launched on March 11, 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It is only available via digital media - DAB radio, the Internet and the various forms of digital television. ... Mark and Lard Mark and Lard, the stage name of Mark Radcliffe (Mark) and Marc Riley (Lard), are former BBC Radio 1 disk jockeys. ... Mark Radcliffe is a British broadcaster who has worked in various roles for the BBC since the 1980s. ... BBC Radio 1 logo, 1967-1970 BBC Radio 1 logo, 1970-1974 BBC Radio 1 logo, 1974-1975 BBC Radio 1 logo, 1975-1987 BBC Radio 1 logo, 1988-1990 BBC Radio 1 logo, 1991-1994 BBC Radio 1 logo, 1994-1997 BBC Radio 1 logo, 1997-2001 BBC Radio... The 1990s refers to the years 1990 to 1999; the last decade of the 20th Century, but in an economical sense The Nineties is often considered to span from the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 to the September 11 attacks in 2001. ...

The comedy duo released two albums under the guise of The Shirehorses and opened the Glastonbury Festival in 1997 The Shirehorses are a spoof band made up of two BBC Radio DJs from Manchester, Mark Radcliffe and Marc Riley (known collectively as Mark and Lard). ... The view from the stone circle on Thursday afternoon, 2004 The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury Festival or Glasto, is the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Riley was a member of The Fall from 1978 to 1983, originally as a roadie, then playing bass guitar, and then later lead guitar, and also released the following albums in the 1980s with his band The Creepers: Gross, Fancy Meeting God! Live Warts and All, Miserable Sinners and Rock and Roll Liquorice Flavour. Mark E. Smith, Fall frontman (1981) The Fall are a British rock music group, formed in Manchester in 1976, and named after Albert Camuss novel. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Fender Jazz Bass Bass guitar (also called electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply bass) refers to an electric bass or an electric/acoustic string instrument with a similar appearance to the guitar, but with a larger body, commonly four strings, longer scale neck and tuned an octave lower... Lead guitar refers to a role within a popular music band, especially a rock band, that provides melody or melodic material, as opposed to the rhythm of the rhythm guitar, bass, and drums. ... The 1980s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1980 and 1989. ...

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• BBC Press Office biography