William "Bill" Rieflin (born September 30, 1960) is an American musician, most active as a drummer and currently playing with R.E.M..
In the past, Reiflin has worked with many notable groups in the industrial rock, experimental metal and related genres, including Ministry, the Revolting Cocks, LARD, KMFDM, Pigface, Swans, Chris Connelly, and Nine Inch Nails and many others. Rieflin lives in Seattle, is married to the artist Francesca Sundsten and...
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William "Bill" Rieflin (born September 30, 1960) is an American musician, most active as a drummer and currently playing with R.E.M..
In the past, Reiflin has worked with many notable groups in the industrial rock, experimental metal and related genres, including Ministry, the Revolting Cocks, LARD, KMFDM, Pigface, Swans, Chris Connelly, and Nine Inch Nails and many others. Rieflin lives in Seattle, is married to the artist Francesca Sundsten and is one of the founders of the independent music label First World Music.
Rieflin began his professional career in his hometown of Seattle, playing drums for The Blackouts. His bandmates included his brother Raymond, Paul Barker, Roland Barker and Erich Werner. Eventually that band dissolved and Paul Barker joined the nascent Ministry. Rieflin's earliest collaboration with Al Jourgensen was on the second single by the Revolting Cocks, You Often Forget. Later, he participated in the creation of Ministry's ground-breaking album The Land of Rape...
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