Marc Riley (born 10 July 1961) is an English radio DJ, alternative rock critic, musician, and former music businessman.

[2] Raised in Manchester, Riley was in a band at school called the Sirens with Craig Scanlon and Steve Hanley (both of whom were later members of the Fall).

Riley switched to guitar and keyboards in 1979 and held this position with the Fall, until he fell out with Mark E. Smith in 1982, during the group's first tour of Australia and New Zealand.

Riley then formed a band that included ex-members of Pere Ubu, The Magic Band and The Mekons called the Lost Soul Crusaders (named after a fictional group in an episode of the detective series 'Columbo' whose lead singer was played by one of Riley's heroes, Johnny Cash).

In 1988, Riley co-produced (with Jon Langford) a Johnny Cash tribute album, Til Things are Brighter, to raise funds for the Terrence Higgins Trust.

[10] In 2009 Mark and Lard reformed to front radio adverts for Manchester City in North West England (Riley is a long-time fan of the club).

Among the bands championed by Riley have been Metronomy, Field Music, Everything Everything, Wild Beasts, Sweet Baboo and King Creosote and more recently Ty Segall, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Thee Oh Sees.

[12] February 2015 saw the first episode of All Shook Up, a made-for-iPlayer 'TV' programme featuring live music presented and curated by Riley.

Riley, together with Rob Hughes, wrote and presented an 'A to Z of Punk and New Wave' on 6 Music, which was then turned into a successful podcast.

Riley and Radcliffe formed the parody group Shirehorses, once appearing at the Glastonbury Festival in 1997 in what they called the headline slot, going on as they did at 10.00am.