Rich Priske
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| Rich "Rock" Priske | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | August 19, 1967 |
| Origin | Vancouver, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, blogger |
| Instrument(s) | Bass guitar, keyboards |
| Associated acts | Matthew Good, DSK, Bif Naked, Real McKenzies |
Rich "Rock" Priske (born August 29, 1967) is a Canadian musician born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has long been active in the Vancouver music scene, and has played bass and/or written songs for DSK, ShoCore, Bif Naked and Real McKenzies. Most widely known for playing bass guitar and keyboards in the Matthew Good Band, he stayed on after Matthew Good broke up The Matthew Good Band in 2002 and began his solo career.
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[edit] Writing
Rich is also an avid writer, contributing to weblogs as a "citizen journalist" for kitsilano.ca, and others. He has also contributed many technical and instructional articles to magazines such as CM (Canadian musician). Currently, Rich is working on an autobiography about his years with the Matthew Good Band, tentatively titled "The Revisionist History Teacher". Rich has a long history with the web, he 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.
[edit] Film Work
Rich has also been 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 has had bit parts in films like Red Scorpion II, and Hard Core Logo, and has appeared on stage in productions of Cabaret and You Can't Take It With You. Behind the scenes, Rich is active in the Art Department.
[edit] Discography
with Matthew Good Band:
with Matthew Good:
with DSK:
- Exploder
- Imploder
with Bif Naked:
with Real McKenzies:
with ShoCore:
- upcoming untitled release (2007)
with Brooke Nolan:
- self-titled EP
with The Town Pants:
- Weight of Words
