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William Rieflin

Real Name:
William Fredrick Rieflin
Profile:
William 'Bill' Rieflin (born September 30, 1960) is an American musician, most active as a drummer.
He was recruited into Ministry following the 1985 demise of The Blackouts, a Seattle No Wave band whose final EP "Lost Soul's Club" had been produced by Al Jourgensen. Rieflin and Jourgensen fell out during the sessions for Filth Pig, ending a decade of collaboration.
Sites:
Wikipedia
Aliases:
Wee Willie Reefer
In Groups:
1000 Homo DJs, Acid Horse, Angels Of Light, The, Angels Of Light, The (2), Blackouts, The, KMFDM, Lard, Ministry, Pailhead, Petty Tyrants, The, Pigface, R.E.M., Revolting Cocks, Shipwreck Scat Chorale, The, Swans
Variations:
All | William Rieflin | B.Rieflin | Bill Reiflen | Bill Rieflin | Reiflin | Rieflin | Rieflins | Rielfin | Rifflin | W Rieflin | W. Rieflin | William "Bill" Rieflin | William Reiflin | Wm Rieflin | Wm. Reiflin | Wm. Rieflin
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Discography

Releases:
Birth Of A Giant (CD)   First World Music 1999
The Repercussions Of Angelic Behavior (CD)   First World Music 1999
Largo (CD)   First World Music 2000
Remixes:
Ty Cobb (CD, Maxi) Rhinosaur (The Straw T... Polydor 1997
Unreleased - Remixes And Rare (6xFile, MP3, Var) Leid Und Elend (Phanta... KMFDM Records 2004
Production:
Red Towel (7")   Mr. Brown Records & Tapes 1980
Whiplash Boychild (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Devotion Records (UK) ... 1991
Pure Devotion ◄ (2 versions) Tonight's The Night (L... Devotion Records (UK) 1992
Drainland (CD, Album)   Sub Rosa 1995
Attak (CD, Album)   Metropolis 2002
Untune The Sky (CD + DVD) Hootenanny At The Pink... Inside Out Music, Inside Out Music America 2003
Co-production:
WWIII (CD, Album) WWIII Mayan Records 2003
Mix:
Salt Peter (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Tiny Meat Creation Records 1995
Salt Peter Remixed. Revenge, The Sweetest Fruit (CD, Album)   Creation Records 1996
Blonde Exodus / The Ultimate Seaside Companion (2xCD)   Dream Catcher 2001
Untune The Sky (CD + DVD) Hootenanny At The Pink... Inside Out Music, Inside Out Music America 2003
Appears On:
Frozen Darling/Must I Perform (7") Frozen Darling Telepathic Foundation 1978
528 Seconds (7")   Modern Records (3) 1979
Vortexes (Cass, Album)   Not On Label 1979
Men In Motion (EP) ◄ (2 versions)   Engram Records 1980
Exchange Of Goods / Industry (7")   Situation Two 1981
Seattle Syndrome - Volume One (Vinyl, Comp) We'll Always Be In Lov... Engram Records 1981
Big Sexy Land (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Devotion Records (UK) ... 1986
You Often Forget (12")   Wax Trax! UK 1986
Live! You Goddamned Son Of A Bitch (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Wax Trax! Records ... 1988
Pay It All Back Volume 2 ◄ (5 versions) Digital (Theme From On... On-U Sound ... 1988
Stainless Steel Providers (Single, Maxi) ◄ (3 versions)   Wax Trax! Records ... 1988
Stigmata (12", Maxi)   Sire Records Company, Sire Records Company 1988
The Land Of Rape And Honey (Album) ◄ (9 versions)   Sire Records Company ... 1988
(Let's Get) Physical (CD, Maxi)   Wax Trax! Records 1989
Burning Inside (12", Maxi)   Sire Records Company, Sire Records Company 1989
The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste (Album) ◄ (6 versions) Burning Inside, Breath... Sire Records Company ... 1989
Age Of Reason (Album) ◄ (5 versions) Age Of Reason Wax Trax! Records ... 1990
Beers, Steers + Queers - The Compact Disc (Album) ◄ (7 versions)   Wax Trax! Records ... 1990
Chicks & Speed: Futurism (EP) ◄ (2 versions)   Wax Trax! Europe ... 1990
Gub (Album) ◄ (8 versions) , Cylinder Head World,... Invisible ... 1990
In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up (Live) (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Sire Records Company ... 1990
Just Say Da (Volume IV Of Just Say Yes) (CD, Comp) Breathe (Live From The... Sire Records Company 1990
Naïve (Album) ◄ (4 versions) Godlike (Chicago Trax ... Wax Trax! Records ... 1990
The Last Temptation Of Reid (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Alternative Tentacles 1990
Beers, Steers & Queers (Remixes) (Single) ◄ (4 versions)   Wax Trax! Records ... 1991
Jesus Built My Hotrod (Maxi) ◄ (5 versions)   Sire Records Company ... 1991
Lean Juicy Pork! ("Welcome To Mexico..." Promotional Interview Disk) (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Invisible 1991
Spoon Breakfast EP ◄ (2 versions) Tonight's The Night (L... Invisible 1991
Welcome To Mexico...Asshole (Album) ◄ (4 versions) Blood And Sand, Peakin... Invisible ... 1991
Whiplash Boychild (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Wax Trax! Records ... 1991
Catalogue (CD, Comp) Razors Edge, Razors Ed... World Domination Recordings 1992
July (CD, Maxi) This Edge Of Midnight ... Wax Trax! Records 1992
ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Sire Records Company ... 1992
Box (3xCD, Single, Comp + Box, Ltd) Burning Inside (12" Re... Warner Music (Germany) 1993
Can You See It Yet? (Cass, Comp) Suck Invisible 1993
Just Another Fix (2xCD, Album)   Warner Music (Australia) 1993
Linger Ficken' Good ...And Other Barnyard Oddities (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Sire Records Company ... 1993
Terror - An Industrial Metal Compilation (CD, Comp) Stigmata (Live) Mental Decay Records 1993
Truth Will Out (CD, Album) War Ich Nicht, Point B... Invisible 1993
Industrial Revolution - Second Edition (2xCD) Winnebago Induced Tape... CEMA Special Markets, Cleopatra 1994
Light (Maxi, Single) ◄ (3 versions) Light (Aerobic Dub) Wax Trax! Records ... 1994
Music From And Inspired By Natural Born Killers, An Oliver Stone Film (Album, Comp) ◄ (4 versions) Forkboy Nothing Records ... 1994
Selections From Natural Born Killers: A Soundtrack For An Oliver Stone Film (CD, Smplr, Promo) Forkboy Nothing Records, Interscope Records 1994
Shipwreck (CD, Album)   Wax Trax! Records, TVT Records 1994
Shipwreck (Cass, Album)   Wax Trax! Records, TVT Records 1994
The Great Annihilator (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Young God Records ... 1994
Drainland (CD, Album)   Sub Rosa 1995
Drainland / Sacrificial Cake (3xLP)   Alternative Tentacles 1995
Nihil (Album) ◄ (8 versions) Ultra, Flesh, Disobedi... Wax Trax! Records ... 1995
Salt Peter (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Flippin' Tha Bird, Pine Creation Records 1995
The Fall / Reload (Maxi) ◄ (4 versions) Reload (Long Edit) Warner Bros. Records 1995
Filth Pig (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Warner Bros. Records ... 1996
Rules (CD, Maxi) Son Of A Gun (Overhaul... Wax Trax! Records, TVT Records 1996
Salt Peter Remixed. Revenge, The Sweetest Fruit (CD, Album) The Whole Is Equal To ... Creation Records 1996
Soundtracks For The Blind (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Young God Records ... 1996
Supercop - Music From And Inspired By The Dimension Motion Picture (CD, Comp) Kung Fu Fighting Interscope Records 1996
Ten Seconds (CD, Album)   Discipline Global Mobile 1996
Whore (CD, Comp) Our Swimmer WMO 1996
Xtort (Album) ◄ (7 versions)   Wax Trax! Records ... 1996
High (CD, Album) Fork-Boy Metal Blade Records 1997
Pure Chewing Satisfaction (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Alternative Tentacles 1997
Sweet 75 (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   DGC ... 1997
Symbols (Album) ◄ (9 versions) Spit Sperm, Anarchy, W... Wax Trax! Records ... 1997
Agogo (Comp) ◄ (4 versions) Godlike Wax Trax! Records ... 1998
Eat Shit You Fucking Redneck (CD, Album) War Ich Nicht / Amphet... Invisible 1998
MDFMK (CD, Single, Dig) Anarchy (Fusako), Anar... TVT Records, Wax Trax! Records 1998
Number One Of Three (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Atavistic ... 1998
Number One Of Three / 34:13 (2xCD)   Fringecore 1998
Recall (CD, EP)   Red Ant Entertainment 1998
Rollcall - Recall (12", Promo)   Red Ant Entertainment 1998
Adios (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Full Worm Garden, Full... Wax Trax! Records ... 1999
Euphoria Morning (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   A&M Records ... 1999
Kindly Stop For Me (CD, Album) Pornstar, Blood Across... Wax Trax! Records, TVT Records 1999
New Mother (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Young God Records ... 1999
Praise Your Name (7", Single)   Young God Records, Stripmine Recordings 1999
The Fragile (Album) ◄ (10 versions) La Mer Nothing Records ... 1999
Wish You Were Queer: A Tribute To Ministry (CD, Comp) Scarecrow, Burning Ins... Invisible 1999
70's Rock Must Die ◄ (2 versions) Ballad Of Marshall Led... Alternative Tentacles 2000
Tapes Of Wrath ◄ (2 versions) Burning Inside Warner Reprise Video ... 2000
The Crow: Salvation - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Cass, Album, Comp) Burning Inside Koch International 2000
The Somniloquist (CD, Album, Ltd)   Young God Records 2000
12 (Las Vegas Is Cursed) (CD)   First World Music 2001
Blonde Exodus / The Ultimate Seaside Companion (2xCD)   Dream Catcher 2001
Field Songs (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Sub Pop Records ... 2001
Greatest Fits (Album, Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Stigmata, N.W.O., Just... Warner Bros. Records 2001
The Best Of Pigface: Preaching To The Perverted (2xCD, Comp) Suck Invisible 2001
Welt (Album) ◄ (4 versions) Kettle, Pore Spitfire Records 2001
And All That Could Have Been: Live [Deluxe Edition] (Album) ◄ (6 versions) Suck Nothing Records ... 2002
Attak (CD, Album) Attak/Reload, Dirty, S... Metropolis 2002
Boots (CD, Maxi) Back In The U.S.S.A., ... Metropolis 2002
CD Side 9 (CD, Smplr) Just One Fix (Live) D-Side 2002
Elegy - Numéro 21 (CD, Smplr) Just One Fix (Live) Elegy 2002
Initials C.C. - Out-Takes, Rarities & Personal Favourites 1982-2002 Vol. 1 (2xCD, Comp) Partick Roullette, The... Invisible, Underground, Inc. 2002
Sturm & Drang Tour 2002 (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Metropolis 2002
United: The Sound Of The Underground (2xCD) Pore Underground, Inc. 2002
Unnatural Selection & High (2xCD, Album) Fork-Boy Metal Blade Records 2002
ॐ (Album) ◄ (2 versions) I Will Refuse Roadrunner Records ... 2002
From The Land Of Volcanos (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Who Asked You, Ordinar... Suki Swift International ... 2003
In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 (Comp) ◄ (3 versions)   Warner Bros. Records 2003
Untune The Sky (CD + DVD) Hootenanny At The Pink... Inside Out Music, Inside Out Music America 2003
WWIII (CD, Album) Jihad, Revenge, Intro,... Mayan Records 2003
Aftermath (CD, Single, Promo)   Warner Bros. Records 2004
Animal (CD, Single, Enh) Animal, Pretty Persuas... Warner Bros. Records 2004
Around The Sun (Album) ◄ (6 versions)   Warner Bros. Records ... 2004
Beneath... Between... Beyond... (CD, Comp) Burning Inside Warner Bros. Records 2004
History In Reverse (CD)   K 2004
In Rock (LP, Album) Bambi Molester Yep Roc Records 2004
Leaving New York (Maxi, Single) ◄ (3 versions)   Warner Bros. Records 2004
Mystery Of Faith - Unreleased Pieces : Swans + World Of Skin (2xCD)   Atavistic 2004
Fook (Limited Edition 3-CD Re-Issue) (3xCD, Album, RE) War Ich Nicht, Point B... Invisible, Underground, Inc. 2005
Notes From Thee Underground (Limited Edition 2-CD Re-Issue) (2xCD, Album, Ltd) Suck (Double Dipped An... Invisible, Underground, Inc. 2005
Quadri+Chromies (CD, Album + DVD) Horizontales/Verticale... Materiali Sonori, Taktic Music 2005
Rantology (CD, Album) Jesus Built My Hotrod ... Sanctuary Records 2005
Saint Stranger (CD, Album) Through December, Rend Soyuz Music, Glitterhouse Records 2005
Side Trax (CD, Album, Comp, RP, RM)   Rykodisc 2005
The 2nd (CD, Album)   Burn Burn Burn Records 2005
The Body Lovers / The Body Haters (2xCD)   Young God Records 2005
Born4 (CD, Album, Dig) Get It Back The Orange Record Label 2006
A New High In Low (Limited Edition 3-CD Re-Issue) (3xCD, Album, Ltd) Girls Are Cool, Weight... Underground, Inc., Invisible 2007
Live (2xCD + DVD)   Warner Bros. Records 2007
This Is Industrial Hits Of The '90's (2xCD, Comp + Box) Just One Fix Cleopatra 2007
We Are Him (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Young God Records 2007
Accelerate (Album) ◄ (6 versions)   Warner Bros. Records ... 2008
Corps Electriques (CD, Album)   Signature / Radio France 2008
Extra - Volume 2 (2xCD, Comp, RM)   Metropolis 2008
Extra - Volume 3 (2xCD, Comp, RM)   Metropolis 2008
Hollow Man (CD, Single)   Warner Bros. Records 2008
In The House Of Mirrors (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Sisyphe Crammed Discs 2008
Man-Sized Wreath (CD, Promo)   Warner Bros. Records 2008
Tracks Appear On:
Initials C.C. - Out-Takes, Rarities & Personal Favourites 1982-2002 Vol. 1 (2xCD, Comp) To Play A Slow Game, T... Invisible, Underground, Inc. 2002
Unofficial Releases:
Lollapaloza '92 (CD, Album) N.W.O./Burning Inside/... Kiss The Stone 1992
So What (CD, Album)   Teen Spirit 1992
Welcome To The Secret World Of Ministry (CD)   Pluto Records 1993
The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste (CD, Album) Burning Inside, Breath... ООО "ДОРА" 1997
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Review by factcheckr Jan 08, 2006 (edited over 3 years ago)
Bill is one of the most amazing drummers I have ever seen, and as a drummer, I've seen a lot of great drummers. His timing is impeccable, he has a strong sense of style, and he can either lay back and function as a strong clock or step out and create fills and moments of epiphany without overplaying.

Specific moments I can recall through the haze of memory are a perfect press roll he did around the rims of his tom-toms with The Blackouts at the I-Beam (San Francisco) in 1982 (on their way to Boston) and reading Moby Dick, while playing on stage, during the first Revolting Cocks gig at the Metro (Chicago), as visible on the "You Goddam Son Of A Bitch" video.

I really believe that entire Revco/Ministry shtick of playing live with pre-recorded backing tracks would not have been viable without a drummer of his caliber.
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