Rich Priske (August 29, 1967 – July 11, 2020), also known as Rich Rock, was a

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ist. Born in

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, he had long been active in the B.C. music scene, and played bass guitar and/or written songs for Art Bergmann, DSK, ShoCore, Chrome Dog,

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, The Real McKenzies, and others. Priske was best known for playing bass guitar in the Canadian band

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from 1998 to 2002. After the band's dissolution in 2002, he kept playing with

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until the end of the ''In a Coma'' tour in fall 2005. Later in life, he lived in

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and played in the Jon Bos Band and Florida Man.

Writing

Priske was an avid writer, contributing to weblogs as a "citizen journalist" fo
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and others. He contributed many technical and instructional articles to magazines such as CM (

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). Priske also wrote for Wine Trails, and other wine-industry publications. He had a long history with the web, and was an early adopter of what is now known as "web logging" or "

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", 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

Priske 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, he had bit parts in films like '' Red Scorpion 2'', and ''

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'', and appeared on stage in productions of ''

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'' and '' You Can't Take It with You''. Behind the scenes, Priske 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

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In a Coma ''In a Coma: 1995–2005'' is the title of the Matthew Good compilation album, featuring both his solo work and work from the Matthew Good Band. Details The album is often titled ''In a Coma: 1995–2005'', and notably lacks either "best of" o ...

'' with DSK: *''Exploder'' *''Imploder'' with

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'' *''Essentially Naked'' (greatest hits compilation) with The Real McKenzies: *'' Real McKenzies'' *''

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'' with ShoCore: *untitled release (2007) with Brooke Nolan: *self-titled EP with The Town Pants: *''Weight of Words'' Sex With Nixon (1995) Self titled LP

References

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