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William Rieflin

aka Bill Rieflin

real name William Fredrick Rieflin

Seattle, United States

William Rieflin is credited on 637 releases across 240 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1977–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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637

Credits

240

Albums

6

Decades active

658

In collections

Biography

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 (US 1985) (opens in a new tab)' had been produced by Al Jourgensen. Rieflin and Jourgensen fell out during the sessions for 'Filth Pig (US 1996) (opens in a new tab)', 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, who died a year earlier (March 9th 2019).

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Credited work

637 releases · 240 albums · active 1977–2025

  • Performance · 1,239
  • Other credits · 159
  • Engineering · 38
  • Production · 26

Studios: Chicago Trax Recording Studio · Southern Studios · Sonic Ranch Studios · Chicago Recording Company

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