| The Real McKenzies | ||||
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| Released | 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 1995 | |||
| Genre | Celtic punk | |||
| Length | 27:16 | |||
| Label | IFA Records | |||
| Producer | Jon Dunleavy, The Real McKenzies | |||
| The Real McKenzies chronology | ||||
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The Real McKenzies is the debut album by The Real McKenzies, released in 1995.
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Rich Priske, also known as Rich Rock, 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. Later in life, he lived in Kelowna and played in the Jon Bos Band and Florida Man.
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