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Rieflin

Real Name:
William Fredrick Rieflin
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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.
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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
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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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Production:
Whiplash Boychild (LP, Album)   Devotion Records (UK) 1992
Appears On:
Frozen Darling/Must I Perform (7") Frozen Darling Telepathic Foundation 1978
Burning Inside (12", Maxi)   Sire Records Company, Sire Records Company 1989
Age Of Reason (Album) ◄ (5 versions) Age Of Reason Wax Trax! Records ... 1990
Chicks & Speed: Futurism (Cass, EP)   Wax Trax! Records 1990
In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up (Live) (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Sire Records Company ... 1990
Just Say Da (Volume IV Of Just Say Yes) (CD, Comp) Breathe (Live From The... Sire Records Company 1990
Gub (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Tapeworm, Tapeworm, Th... Invisible ... 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
Welcome To Mexico...Asshole (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Blood And Sand, Peakin... Invisible ... 1991
July (CD, Maxi) This Edge Of Midnight ... Wax Trax! Records 1992
Whiplash Boychild (LP, Album) Ghost Of A Saint, This... Devotion Records (UK) 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
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
Symbols (Cass, Album) Spit Sperm, Anarchy, A... Wax Trax! Records, TVT Records 1997
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
Wish You Were Queer: A Tribute To Ministry (CD, Comp) Scarecrow, Burning Ins... Invisible 1999
The Somniloquist (CD, Album, Ltd)   Young God Records 2000
Greatest Fits (Album, Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Stigmata, N.W.O., Just... Warner Bros. Records 2001
CD Side 9 (CD, Smplr) Just One Fix (Live) D-Side 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
Beneath... Between... Beyond... (CD, Comp) Burning Inside Warner Bros. Records 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
Side Trax (CD, Album, Comp, RP, RM)   Rykodisc 2005
A New High In Low (Limited Edition 3-CD Re-Issue) (3xCD, Album, Ltd) Girls Are Cool, Weight... Underground, Inc., Invisible 2007
This Is Industrial Hits Of The '90's (2xCD, Comp + Box) Just One Fix Cleopatra 2007
Extra - Volume 3 (2xCD, Comp, RM)   Metropolis 2008
Anarchy (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   KMFDM Records 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
Unofficial Releases:
Lollapaloza '92 (CD, Album) N.W.O./Burning Inside/... Kiss The Stone 1992
So What (CD, Album)   Teen Spirit 1992
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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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