Rich "Rock" Priske (born August 29, 1967) is a Canadian artist , activist, humanitarian, poet, painter, motivational speaker and a musician/bassist born in Vancouver, British Columbia.
He has long been active in the BC music scene, and has played bass and/or written songs for Art Bergmann, DSK, ShoCore, Chrome Dog, Bif Naked and Real McKenzies, and others.
Priske is most widely known for playing bass guitar and keyboards in the Canadian band Matthew Good Band.
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 (GFY Press).
He lives in Kelowna and plays in the Jon Bos band.