Press and Interviews

Is the essence of Marc Riley pure pragmatism or is it incompetence masquerading as perversity? A nation wonders.

A repetitive trebly guitar noise spirals on and on but rarely upwards or inwards. It's as if The Creepers know something somewhere is definitely amiss.

Whereas Mark E Smith has a certain suggestive snearing wisdom, what Riley has in its place aparks from the irritating collision of hedonism and pig-headedness that underlies defeatism. the five-piece band plod aling in the wake of weary keyboards. You want to know what they play? Silly buggers

... It's time for Colenso Parade to bring their latent determination to the foreground. This is something which Marc Riley is already doing. Thus his awesome ability to alienate. In a small world of contradictions, here were some more. Then again ...

(Chris Roberts, Sounds: 9th February 1985)