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William Rieflin
Real Name:
William Fredrick Rieflin
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William 'Bill' Rieflin (September 30, 1960 - March 24, 2020) was 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.
As of September 2013, Rieflin was a active member of King Crimson. Rieflin died on March 24th 2020 of cancer.
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.
As of September 2013, Rieflin was a active member of King Crimson. Rieflin died on March 24th 2020 of cancer.
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'S Nots,
1000 Homo DJs,
Filthy Friends,
Jakalope,
King Crimson,
KMFDM,
Land,
Lard,
Ministry,
Pailhead,
Pigface,
Revolting Cocks,
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3,
Seattle Guitar Circle,
Slow Music Project,
Swans,
Sweet 75,
The Angels Of Light,
The Bells,
The Blackouts,
The Humans (6),
The Minus 5,
The Petty Tyrants,
The Shipwreck Scat Chorale,
The Shredders,
The Telepaths
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William Rieflin
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January 8, 2006Specific 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.