William Rieflin
Real Name:
William Fredrick Rieflin
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William 'Bill' Rieflin (born September 30th 1960 / died March 24th 2020) was an American musician / multi-instrumentalist, who was mostly known 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 an active member of King Crimson — part of their three drummer frontline. Rieflin died of cancer in Seattle, Washington, USA on March 24th 2020. Bill was married to Francesca Sundsten, who died a year earlier (March 9th 2019).
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 an active member of King Crimson — part of their three drummer frontline. Rieflin died of cancer in Seattle, Washington, USA on March 24th 2020. Bill was married to Francesca Sundsten, who died a year earlier (March 9th 2019).
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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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Bill Rieflin* / Robert Fripp / Trey Gunn | Bill Rieflin* / Robert Fripp / Trey Gunn - The Repercussions Of Angelic Behavior (Album) | First World Music, First World Music | FWD9906 | US | 1999 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bill Rieflin* | Birth Of A Giant (Album) | First World Music | fwd 99.03 | US | 1999 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bill Rieflin* & Chris Connelly | Bill Rieflin* & Chris Connelly - Largo (CD, Album) | First World Music | FWD 01.10 | US | 2000 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hector Zazou, Katie Jane Garside, Bill Rieflin*, Lone Kent, Nils Petter Molvaer* | Hector Zazou, Katie Jane Garside, Bill Rieflin*, Lone Kent, Nils Petter Molvaer* - Corps Électriques (CD, Album) | FIP (3), Signature (9) | SIG 11049 | France | 2008 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.