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Bill 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:
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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 Reiflin | 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

Remixes:
Unreleased - Remixes And Rare (6xFile, MP3, Var) Leid Und Elend (Phanta... KMFDM Records 2004
Production:
Red Towel (7")   Mr. Brown Records & Tapes 1980
Drainland (CD, Album)   Sub Rosa 1995
Attak (CD, Album)   Metropolis 2002
Co-production:
WWIII (CD, Album) WWIII Mayan Records 2003
Appears On:
Vortexes (Cass, Album)   Not On Label 1979
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
Naïve (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Godlike (Chicago Trax ... Wax Trax! Records ... 1990
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
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
The Great Annihilator (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Young God Records ... 1994
Drainland (CD, Album)   Sub Rosa 1995
Agogo (Comp) ◄ (4 versions) Godlike Wax Trax! Records ... 1998
Number One Of Three (CD, Album)   Young God Records 1998
Recall (CD, EP)   Red Ant Entertainment 1998
Rollcall - Recall (12", Promo)   Red Ant Entertainment 1998
Euphoria Morning (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   A&M 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) ◄ (2 versions) La Mer Nothing Records ... 1999
12 (Las Vegas Is Cursed) (CD, Album)   Crammed Discs 2000
The Crow: Salvation - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Cass, Album, Comp) Burning Inside Koch International 2000
Field Songs (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Sub Pop Records ... 2001
Attak (CD, Album) Attak/Reload, Dirty, S... Metropolis 2002
Boots (CD, Maxi) Back In The U.S.S.A., ... Metropolis 2002
Initials C.C. - Out-Takes, Rarities & Personal Favourites 1982-2002 Vol. 1 (2xCD, Comp) Partick Roullette, The... Invisible, Underground, Inc. 2002
Soundtracks For The Blind (2xCD, Album, RE)   Young God Records 2002
Sturm & Drang Tour 2002 (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Metropolis 2002
In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 (Comp) ◄ (3 versions)   Warner Bros. Records 2003
R.E.M.2003 (CD, Single, Ltd)   R.E.M./Athens LLC - R.E.M. Fan Club 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
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
You Goddamned Son of a Bitch - Live at the Metro Chicago (2xCD)   Rykodisc 2004
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
Live (2xCD + DVD)   Warner Bros. Records 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
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
Who Was Changed And Who Was Dead (CD, Album)   Popover Corps/The Rebel Group 2009
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
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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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