Rich Priske


Rich "Rock" Priske was a Canadian bassist. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he had long been active in the B.C. music scene, and played bass and/or written songs for Art Bergmann, DSK, ShoCore, Chrome Dog, Bif Naked and Real McKenzies, and others. Priske was most widely known for playing bass guitar in the Canadian band Matthew Good Band from 1998 to 2002. After the band's dissolution in 2002, he kept playing with Matthew Good until the end of the In a Coma tour in the fall of 2005. Rich is one of the subjects of the Real McKenzies' biography written by Chris Walter. Later in life, he lived in Kelowna and played in the Jon Bos Band and Florida Man.

Writing

Priske was an avid writer, contributing to weblogs as a "citizen journalist" for , and others. He contributed many technical and instructional articles to magazines such as CM. Priske also wrote for Wine Trails, and other wine-industry publications. Rich had a long history with the web, and was an early adopter of what is now known as "web logging" or "blogging", beginning with his popular "Notes From The Road" feature on the now defunct Matthew Good Band website, circa 2001. He kept a blog on Blogger, but updated it rarely.

Film Work

Rich was also involved in BC's thriving film and theatre industry, on stage and both in front of and behind the camera. As well as appearing in many music videos, Rich had bit parts in films like Red Scorpion 2, and Hard Core Logo, and appeared on stage in productions of Cabaret and You Can't Take It with You. Behind the scenes, Rich was active in the Art Department, earning an Emmy nomination for 2008's "Tinman".

Death

On July 11, 2020, Priske died of a heart attack.

Discography

with Matthew Good Band:
with Matthew Good:
with DSK:

with Bif Naked:
with Real McKenzies:
with ShoCore:
with Brooke Nolan:
with The Town Pants:
Sex With Nixon Self titled LP