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{{Short description|American musician (1960–2020)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Bill Rieflin
| image             = File:Robyn Hitchcock & Venus 3 @ Merriweather Post Pavilion June 8, 2009 (cropped).jpg
| landscape         = no
| alt               = Rieflin smiling while drumming
| caption           = Rieflin in 2009
| birth_name        = William Frederick Rieflin
| birth_date        = {{birth date|1960|09|30}}
| birth_place       = [[Seattle, Washington]], U.S.
| death_date        = {{death date and age|2020|3|24|1960|9|29}}
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Industrial music|Industrial]]|[[industrial metal]]|[[industrial rock]]|[[experimental rock]]|[[alternative rock]]|[[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]|[[progressive rock]]}}
| occupations       = Multi-instrumentalist, producer
| instruments       = {{hlist|Drums|keyboards|guitar|bass}}
| past_member_of    = {{hlist|[[The Blackouts]]|[[Ministry (band)|Ministry]]|[[Revolting Cocks]]|[[Pigface]]|[[Swans (band)|Swans]]|[[Sweet 75]]|[[KMFDM]]|[[Lard (band)|Lard]]|[[King Crimson]]|[[Filthy Friends]]}}
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'''William Frederick Rieflin''' (September 30, 1960 – March 24, 2020) was an American musician. Rieflin came to prominence in the 1990s mainly for his work as a drummer with groups (particularly in the [[industrial rock]] and [[industrial metal]] scenes) such as [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]], the [[Revolting Cocks]], [[Lard (band)|Lard]], [[KMFDM]], [[Pigface]], [[Swans (band)|Swans]], [[Chris Connelly (musician)|Chris Connelly]], and [[Nine Inch Nails]]. He worked regularly with [[R.E.M.]] following the retirement of [[Bill Berry]] in 1997. He was a member of [[King Crimson]] from 2013 until his death in 2020.

==Career==

===Early years===

Rieflin was born on September 30, 1960,<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=April 2–5, 2020 |title=William Fredrick Rieflin II{{nbsp}}- Obituary |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?n=william-fredrick-rieflin&pid=195858102 |access-date=May 2, 2020 |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref> and began his professional career in his hometown of Seattle. In 1975, he was in The Telepaths, a band which played backup for a couple of live gigs by the pre-[[The Screamers]] band The Tupperwares.<ref name="screamers">{{Citation
  | last = Reighley
  | first = Kurt
  | title = The Screamers
  | newspaper = Seattle Weekly
  | date = May 8, 2002
  | url = http://www.seattleweekly.com/2002-05-08/music/the-screamers/
  | access-date = February 19, 2010
}}
</ref>
He played drums for [[The Blackouts]] starting in 1979.  His bandmates included Mike Davidson, [[Paul Barker]], Roland Barker and Erich Werner. Eventually that band dissolved and Paul Barker joined the nascent [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]].<ref name="var20">{{cite web|last1=Aswad|first1=Jem |title=Bill Rieflin, Drummer for King Crimson, Ministry, R.E.M., Dies at 59|url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/bill-rieflin-drummer-ministry-rem-king-crimson-dies-dead-1203544112|website=Variety|date=March 25, 2020|access-date=March 26, 2020}}</ref> 

===Ministry, Pigface, solo work===

Rieflin's earliest collaboration with Al Jourgensen was in 1986 on "You Often Forget", the second single by the [[Revolting Cocks]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2020/03/24/bill-rieflin-obituary|title=Bill Rieflin, drummer for Ministry, Pigface, RevCo and R.E.M., dead at 59|work=[[Slicing Up Eyeballs]]|date=March 25, 2020|access-date=March 26, 2020}}</ref> Later, he participated in the creation of Ministry's 1988 album ''[[The Land of Rape and Honey]]'', and was noted for his performance in the live video ''[[In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up]]'' (alongside fellow drummer [[Martin Atkins]]).<ref name="KER">{{cite web |title=Bill Rieflin, Drummer for Ministry, R.E.M., and King Crimson Dead at 59 |url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/bill-rieflin-drummer-for-ministry-r-e-m-and-king-crimson-dead-at-59/ |website=Kerrang |date=March 25, 2020 |access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref> Rieflin's work with Ministry and its side projects lasted through to the mid-nineties, though he noted that he was never credited as a member of Ministry proper, always as an "other" musician.  Therefore, when he parted ways with the band during the ''[[Filth Pig]]'' sessions, he did not really quit since he was never an official member.<ref name="Ink19_Rieflin">{{cite web|url=http://ink19.com/1999/11/magazine/interviews/bill-rieflin|title=What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been: The Definitive Bill Rieflin Interview|last=Worley|first=Gail|work=Ink19.com|date=November 4, 1999|access-date=February 26, 2018}}</ref>

Rieflin helped Atkins kick off [[Pigface]], the [[industrial music|industrial]] collective that would grow to incorporate hundreds of artists, formed a friendship with [[Wax Trax!|labelmate]] [[Chris Connelly (musician)|Chris Connelly]] and founded First World Music.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Nelson|first1=J. R.|title=Industrial supergroup Pigface celebrates 25 years of revolving-door lineups|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/pigface-25th-prince-cherry-promontory-chosen-martin-sky/Content?oid=24432722|website=Chicago Reader|date=November 22, 2016 |access-date=March 26, 2020}}</ref> Like Connelly, Rieflin's work grew beyond his industrial roots. They collaborated on several recordings; two in particular, ''The Ultimate Seaside Companion'' (as "The Bells") and ''Largo'', showcase Rieflin's keyboard skills.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Raggett|first1=Ned|title=The Ultimate Seaside Companion (Revisited)|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-ultimate-seaside-companion-revisited-mw0000028916|website=AllMusic|access-date=March 26, 2020}}</ref>

Rieflin's solo debut, ''Birth of a Giant'', featured him singing in something other than a background role, and also featured [[Robert Fripp]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Klein |first1=Joshua |title=Birth of a Giant |url=https://www.avclub.com/bill-rieflin-birth-of-a-giant-1798193153 |website=AVClub |date=March 29, 2002 |access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref>  Improvisations from these sessions turned up later on the CD ''The Repercussions of Angelic Behavior'', which was credited to Rieflin, Fripp and [[Trey Gunn]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brenholts |first1=Jim |title=The Repercussions of Angelic Behavior |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-repercussions-of-angelic-behavior-mw0000671996 |website=AllMusic |access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref>

===KMFDM, R.E.M.===

Rieflin appeared on all [[KMFDM]] records released from 1995 to 2003 as a drummer, programmer, vocalist and keyboardist.{{cn|date=March 2025}}  He toured with the band as a [[bass guitar|bassist]] in 2002 in support of the band's comeback album ''[[Attak]]'' and performed on the 2011 KMFDM album, ''[[WTF?!]]''.<ref name="metropolis">{{cite web | url=http://www.metropolis-mailorder.com/product.php?prodnum=MET+708 | title=Metropolis Mail Order // WTF?! | date=January 21, 2011 | access-date=January 21, 2011}}</ref> He also drummed for [[Scott McCaughey]]'s band, [[The Minus 5]], which usually included [[R.E.M.]] guitarist [[Peter Buck]].<ref name="var20" />  

[[File:R.E.M. in London, 2008-03-24 at Royal Albert Hall 12.jpg|alt=The band onstage smiling|thumb|Rieflin drumming behind R.E.M. on the band's final tour in 2008]]Eventually Rieflin's work with The Minus 5 led to Buck offering him the opportunity to sit in with R.E.M., who had been missing a permanent drummer since the 1997 departure of [[Bill Berry]].<ref name="RSTONE">{{cite magazine |last1=Legaspi |first1=Althea |title=Bill Rieflin, Drummer for King Crimson, R.E.M., Ministry, Dead at 59 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bill-rieflin-king-crimson-r-e-m-ministry-dummer-dead-obituary-972751/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=March 25, 2020 |access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref> The band gave him the live drummer slot in its 2003 tour.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/71110/rem-begins-rehearsals-with-new-drummer|title=R.E.M. Begins Rehearsals With New Drummer|author=<!-- Staff -->|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=May 12, 2003|access-date=June 16, 2017}}</ref>  They later announced that Rieflin would fill the role indefinitely, though once again as a hired musician rather than as an official member. In recordings, Rieflin also contributed [[bouzouki]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]] and [[guitar]]s to the group, serving as an auxiliary member until R.E.M. disbanded in 2011.<ref name="RSTONE" />

===Robyn Hitchcock, Slow Music, The Humans, Swans, Robbie Williams===

Rieflin, along with [[Scott McCaughey]] and [[Peter Buck]], was a member of [[Robyn Hitchcock]]'s backing band "The Venus 3", and appeared on three Hitchcock albums, from 2006 to 2010.

Rieflin was key to forming an experimental ensemble named Slow Music in 2005 with [[Fred Chalenor]] (bassist whom he had previously played drums with in the Seattle based instrumental [[Land (band)|LAND]] in the late 90's), [[Hector Zazou]], [[Matt Chamberlain]], [[Peter Buck]], and [[Robert Fripp]]; in this sextet Rieflin played synthesizers rather than drums. The group played a small handful of live dates in 2005 and 2006 and became inactive until 2014, when they played a few shows as a quintet due to Zazou's passing in 2008.<ref name="RSTONE" />  He was also involved in a music collaboration project entitled [[The Humans (American band)|The Humans]], which consisted of him, Chris Wong, Fripp and [[Toyah Willcox]]. The band performed a series of live dates in Estonia in Autumn 2007 and 2009, and released their debut album ''We are the Humans'' in 2009.<ref name="var20" /> [[Hector Zazou]]'s 2010 album ''Corps Electriques'' featured Rieflin, as well as [[KatieJane Garside]], Lone Kent and nu-jazz trumpeter [[Nils Petter Molvær]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/corps-electriques/269783254 |title=Corps Electriques by Hector Zazou |work=Apple Music |access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref>

Rieflin was a regular contributor to [[Swans (band)|Swans]], playing an array of instruments from the 1995 album ''[[The Great Annihilator]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23166-the-great-annihilator-drainland/ |title=Swans: The Great Annihilator review |work=Pitchfork |date=April 29, 2017 |access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref> through 2016's ''[[The Glowing Man]]''. (He is listed as an "honorary Swan" on the band's 2012 album ''[[The Seer (Swans album)|The Seer]]''.)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2077971/bill-rieflin-dead-at-59/obit/ |title=Bill Rieflin, Drummer For Ministry, R.E.M., & King Crimson, Dead At 59 |work=Stereogum |date=March 25, 2020 |access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref>

In 2012, Rieflin performed on drums for [[Robbie Williams]]'s album ''[[Take the Crown]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://celebrity.nine.com.au/latest/bill-rieflin-nine-inch-nails-king-crimson-rem-ministry-drummer-dead/012fbc55-a0be-43f2-aa91-1fb834b8400e |title=Bill Rieflin, drummer for Nine Inch Nails, King Crimson and R.E.M. dies at 59 |work=Nine.au.com |date=March 25, 2020 |access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref> Later that year he produced the single ''Crush Vaccine'' for Atomic Bride.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.toyah.net/the-humans-at-work-play/ |title=The Humans… At Work & Play! |work=toyah.net |access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref>

===King Crimson===

In an online diary entry dated September 6, 2013, [[Robert Fripp]] announced a new lineup for [[King Crimson]] that included Rieflin as one of the band's three drummers.<ref name="KCreturn">{{cite web|url=http://www.dgmlive.com/diaries.htm?entry=24091|title=Robert Fripp's Diary for Friday, September 6, 2013|publisher=Discipline Global Mobile|date=September 6, 2013|access-date=September 24, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328224034/http://www.dgmlive.com/diaries.htm?entry=24091|archive-date=March 28, 2014}}</ref> Although this particular version of King Crimson would never record a studio album, Rieflin would play live with the band for the rest of his career.

Following two-and-a-half years of touring (during which new percussion pieces incorporating Rieflin's drumming work made their way into King Crimson's live repertoire) and a few days after the first full-length live release of the band with Rieflin on board (''Live in Toronto 2015''), Fripp announced Rieflin's decision to take a sabbatical from the band, effective March 6, 2016. This was "a decision supported by all the Crimson Brothers."<ref name="Retirement">{{cite web|url=https://www.dgmlive.com/diaries/Robert%20Fripp/sunday-th-march-bredonborough-so-210916|title=Sunday So What to say?|author=Robert Fripp|publisher=Discipline Global Mobile|date=March 7, 2013|access-date=February 24, 2017}}</ref> He was replaced on drums by [[Jeremy Stacey]] for the following year of group activity. In early 2017, Fripp announced that Rieflin would return to the band, but that (due to Fripp's desire to stave off complacency after several years of touring) Stacey would continue to drum for the group while Rieflin himself "[would] be focusing on mellotron, keys and fairy dusting, rather than using drums as a main instrument" in the new Double Quartet configuration.<ref name="Return">{{cite web|url=https://www.dgmlive.com/diaries/Robert%20Fripp/RF_diary_2017_Feb_13|title=DGM HQ.|publisher=Discipline Global Mobile|date=February 13, 2017|access-date=February 24, 2017}}</ref> 
Rieflin thus became the band's first ever full-time dedicated keyboardist. 

At the time of King Crimson's US Autumn 2017 tour dates in October–November, Rieflin once again needed to take time away from the group. The Seattle-based guitarist Chris Gibson temporarily covered for him on keyboards during the autumn tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dgmlive.com/news/Chris%20Gibson%20joins%20Crim |title=Chris Gibson joins Crim |website=Dgmlive.com |access-date=March 24, 2020}}</ref> Rieflin rejoined the band in 2018 before taking another indefinite sabbatical in 2019. He was tentatively and temporarily replaced on keyboards by [[Soft Machine]]'s sax player [[Theo Travis]] for initial rehearsals before Fripp and the band made the decision to not replace Rieflin, thus reverting King Crimson to a seven-member band. Fripp would summarise the situation as "regardless of the quality of player depping for Bill, simply, Bill is irreplaceable. It's not the notes that are played, it's the Billness of Bill that Master Rieflin brings to the group."<ref name="RSTONE" /><ref name="Travis">{{cite web|url=https://www.dgmlive.com/diaries/Robert%20Fripp/rf-diary-may4-2019|title=Bredonborough.|publisher=Discipline Global Mobile|date=May 4, 2019|access-date=February 20, 2022}}</ref> 

Although he would not appear onstage with King Crimson again, Rieflin would remain a nominal and fully-respected member of the band until his death a year later. Via retrospective footage, he played a significant part in Toby Amies' 2022 documentary ''[[In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50]]'', candidly discussing his terminal stage 4 colon cancer, his imminent death, and his choice to spend his final years playing music with King Crimson.<ref>[https://www.thestranger.com/music/2023/11/08/79244429/the-impossible-mr-fripp "The Impossible Mr. Fripp: Heartbreaking, Hilarious Doc Analyzes Prog Gods King Crimson's Dysfunctional 50-Year Existence"] - article by Dave Segal in ''The Stranger'', 8 November 2023</ref>

==Personal life and death==

Rieflin was married to painter [[Francesca Sundsten]] until her death in 2019.<ref name="rsit">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.it/musica/news-musica/e-morto-bill-rieflin-batterista-di-king-crimson-r-e-m-ministry/509118/ |title=È morto Bill Rieflin, batterista di King Crimson, R.E.M., Ministry |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=March 24, 2020 |access-date=March 24, 2020 |language=it}}</ref> Rieflin was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2011, and died from complications of the disease on March 24, 2020.<ref name="var20" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fripp |first=Robert |title=Bredonborough. |url=https://www.dgmlive.com/diaries/Robert%20Fripp/rf-diary-march25-2020 |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=www.dgmlive.com}}</ref>

==Discography==
<span style="background-color:thistle;">Thistle-colored cells with daggers ({{dagger|alt=Live release}})</span> indicate a live release

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Name of release year, artist, release title and Rieflin's contribution
!scope="col"|Year
!scope="col"|Artist
!scope="col"|Title
!scope="col" class="unsortable"| Contribution
!scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row"|1988
| [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]]
| {{sort|Land of Rape|''[[The Land of Rape and Honey]]''}}
| Drums, programming, keyboards, guitar, background vocals
| <ref name="ministry1">{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Land of Rape and Honey |type=CD liner notes |others=Ministry|year=1988|publisher=[[Sire Records]]|id=9 25799-2|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-land-of-rape-and-honey-mw0000198244/credits|access-date=July 30, 2018}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|1988
| [[Revolting Cocks]]
| style="background:thistle;"| ''[[Live! You Goddamned Son of a Bitch]]'' {{dagger}}
| Drums
| <ref name="revco1">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Live! You Goddamned Son of a Bitch |type=CD liner notes |others=Revolting Cocks|year=1988|publisher=[[Wax Trax! Records]]|id=WAX 037}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|1989
| [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]]
| {{sort|Mind Is a Terrible|''[[The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste]]''}}
| Drums, programming, background vocals
| <ref name="ministry2">{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste |type=CD liner notes |others=Ministry|year=1989|publisher=[[Sire Records]]|id=9 26004-2|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-mind-is-a-terrible-thing-to-taste-mw0000654036/credits|access-date=July 30, 2018}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|1990
| [[Revolting Cocks]]
| ''[[Beers, Steers, and Queers]]''
| Drums, programming
| <ref name="revco2">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Beers, Steers, and Queers |type=CD liner notes |others=Revolting Cocks|year=1990|publisher=[[Wax Trax! Records]]|id=WAX 7063}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|1990
| [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]]
| style="background:thistle;"|''[[In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up]]'' {{dagger}}
| Drums
| <ref name="ministry3">{{Cite AV media notes |title=In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up |type=CD liner notes |others=Ministry|year=1990|publisher=[[Sire Records]]|id=9 26266-2|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/in-case-you-didnt-feel-like-showing-up-mw0000690211/credits|access-date=July 30, 2018}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|1990
| [[Lard (band)|Lard]]
| {{sort|Last Temptation|''[[The Last Temptation of Reid]]''}}
| Drums <small>(two tracks)</small>
| <ref name="lard1">{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Last Temptation of Reid |type=CD liner notes |others=Lard|year=1990|publisher=[[Alternative Tentacles]]|id=VIRUS 84CD}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|1990
| [[1000 Homo DJs]]
| {{sort|Supernaut|"[[Supernaut (EP)|Supernaut]]"}}
| Drums
| <ref name="djs1">{{Cite AV media notes |title=''"Supernaut"''|type=Vinyl liner notes |others=1000 Homo DJs|year=1990|publisher=[[Wax Trax! Records]]|id=WAX 9133|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/supernaut-mw0000269666/credits|access-date=July 30, 2018}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|1990
| [[KMFDM]]
| ''[[Naïve (album)|Naïve]]''
| Drums <small>(one track)</small>
| <ref name="kmfdm1">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Naïve |type=CD liner notes |others=KMFDM |year=1990 |publisher=[[Wax Trax! Records]] |id=WAXCD 7148}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|1991
| [[Pigface]]
| ''[[Gub]]''
| Drums, guitar, bass, synthesizer, sounds
| <ref name="pigface1">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Gub|type=CD liner notes |others=Pigface|year=1991|publisher=[[Invisible Records]]|id=INV 009|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/gub-mw0000087543/credits|access-date=July 30, 2018}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|1991
| [[Pigface]]
| ''[[Lean Juicy Pork]]''
| Interviewee
| <ref name="pigface2">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Lean Juicy Pork |type=CD liner notes |others=Pigface |year=1991 |publisher=[[Invisible Records]] |id=INV 012}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|1992
| [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]]
| ''[[Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs]]''
| Drums
| <ref name="ministry4">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Psalm 60: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs |type=CD liner notes |others=Ministry |year=1992 |publisher=[[Sire Records]] |id=9 26727-2 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/psalm-69-the-way-to-succeed-the-way-to-suck-eggs-mw0000083434/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|1992
| [[Revolting Cocks]]
| ''[[Big Sexy Land]]''
| Drums
| <ref name="revco3">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Big Sexy Land |type=Vinyl liner notes |others=Revolting Cocks |year=1992 |publisher=[[Wax Trax! Records]] |id=WAX 017 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/big-sexy-land-mw0000653191/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|1992
| [[Pigface]]
| style="background:thistle;"| ''[[Welcome to Mexico... Asshole]]'' {{dagger}}
| Drums
| <ref name="pigface3">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Welcome to Mexico... Asshole |type=CD liner notes |others=Pigface |year=1992 |publisher=Devotion Records|id=DVN 3 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/welcome-to-mexico-asshole-mw0000085645/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|1993
| [[Revolting Cocks]]
| ''[[Linger Ficken' Good]]''
| Drums, organ, programming, production
| <ref name="revco4">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Linger Ficken' Good |type=CD liner notes |others=Revolting Cocks |year=1993 |publisher=[[Sire Records]] |id=9 45407-2}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|1995
| [[Swans (band)|Swans]]
| {{sort|Great Annihilator|''[[The Great Annihilator]]''}}
| Drums, sounds, percussion, 12-string acoustic guitar, sequencing
| <ref name="swans1">{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Great Annihilator |type=CD liner notes |others=Swans |year=1995 |publisher=[[Young God Records]] |id=YGCD 009 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-great-annihilator-mw0000118015/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|1995
| [[KMFDM]]
| ''[[Nihil]]''
| Drums <small>(three tracks)</small>
| <ref name="kmfdm2">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Nihil |type=CD liner notes |others=KMFDM |year=1995 |publisher=[[Wax Trax! Records]] |id=TVT 7199-2V }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|1995
| [[Michael Gira]]
| ''[[Drainland]]''
| Rhythm programming, keyboards, electric bass guitar, samples, engineering, production, arrangement, studio provision
| <ref name="gira1">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Drainland |type=CD liner notes |others=Michael Gira |year=1995 |publisher=[[Alternative Tentacles]] |id=VIRUS 166 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/drainland-mw0000174436/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|1996
| [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]]
| ''[[Filth Pig]]''
| Drums <small>(one track)</small>
| <ref name="ministry5">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Filth Pig |type=CD liner notes |others=Ministry |year=1996 |publisher=[[Warner Bros. Records]] |id=9 45838-2}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|1996
| [[KMFDM]]
| ''[[Xtort]]''
| Drums
| <ref name="kmfdm3">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Xtort |type=CD liner notes |others=KMFDM |year=1996 |publisher=[[Wax Trax! Records]] |id=TVT7242-2}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|1996
| [[Swans (band)|Swans]]
| ''[[Soundtracks for the Blind]]''
| Drums
| <ref name="swans2">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Soundtracks for the Blind |type=CD liner notes |others=Swans |year=1996 |publisher=[[Young God Records]] |id=YG01 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/soundtracks-for-the-blind-mw0000080044/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|1997
| [[Lard (band)|Lard]]
| ''[[Pure Chewing Satisfaction]]''
| Drums
| <ref name="lard2">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Pure Chewing Satisfaction |type=CD liner notes |others=Lard |year=1997 |publisher=[[Alternative Tentacles]] |id=VIRUS 199}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|1997
| [[KMFDM]]
| ''[[Symbols (album)|Symbols]]''
| Drums, programming, percussion, photography, sequencing <small>(three tracks)</small>
| <ref name="kmfdm4">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Symbols |type=CD liner notes |others=KMFDM |year=1997 |publisher=[[Wax Trax! Records]] |id=TVT 7245-2 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/symbols-mw0000028951/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|1997
| [[Sweet 75]]
| ''[[Sweet 75 (album)|Sweet 75]]''
| Drums (listed as percussion), piano
| <ref name="sweet75">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Sweet 75 |type=CD liner notes |others=Sweet 75 |year=1997 |publisher=[[Geffen Records]] |id=DGCD 25140 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1294221-Sweet-75-Sweet-75 |access-date=October 25, 2018 }}</ref>
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!scope="row"|1999
| [[Angels of Light]]
| ''[[New Mother]]''
| Percussion, piano, bass guitar, organ, synthesizers, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
| <ref name="angels1">{{Cite AV media notes |title=New Mother |type=CD liner notes |others=Angels of Light |year=1999 |publisher=[[Young God Records]] |id=YG08 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/new-mother-mw0000256935/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
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!scope="row"|1999
| [[KMFDM]]
| ''[[Adios (KMFDM album)|Adios]]''
| Programming <small>(one track)</small>
| <ref name="kmfdm5">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Adios |type=CD liner notes |others=KMFDM |year=1999 |publisher=[[Wax Trax! Records]] |id=TVT 7258-2 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/adios-mw0000034498/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
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!scope="row"|1999
| [[Nine Inch Nails]]
| {{sort|Fragile|''[[The Fragile (Nine Inch Nails album)|The Fragile]]''}}
| Drums <small>(one track)</small>
| <ref name="nin1">{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Fragile |type=CD liner notes |others=Nine Inch Nails |year=1999 |publisher=[[Nothing Records]] |id=0694904732 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-fragile-mw0000246196/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
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!scope="row"|1999
| Bill Rieflin
| {{sort|Repercussions|''The Repercussions of Angelic Behavior''}}
| Drums, mixing
| <ref name="rief1">{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Repercussions of Angelic Behavior |type=CD liner notes |others=Bill Rieflin |year=1999 |publisher=First World Music |id=FWD 99.06 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-repercussions-of-angelic-behavior-mw0000671996/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
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!scope="row"|1999
| Bill Rieflin
| ''Birth of a Giant''
| Drums, bass, guitar, production, vocals
| <ref name="rief2">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Birth of a Giant |type=CD liner notes |others=Bill Rieflin |year=1999 |publisher=First World Music |id=FWD 99.03 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/birth-of-a-giant-mw0000255185/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2000
| [[Lard (band)|Lard]]
| ''[[70's Rock Must Die]]''
| Drums <small>(one track)</small>
| <ref name="lard3">{{Cite AV media notes |title=70's Rock Must Die |type=CD liner notes |others=Lard |year=2000 |publisher=[[Alternative Tentacles]] |id=VIRUS 235}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2001
| Bill Rieflin & [[Chris Connelly (musician)|Chris Connelly]]
| ''Largo''
| Keyboards, mixing, piano, production, vocals
| <ref name="rief3">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Largo |type=CD liner notes |others=Bill Rieflin & Chris Connelly |year=2001 |publisher=First World Music |id=FWD 01.10 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/largo-mw0000116505/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2001
| [[Land (band)|Land]]
| ''[[Road Movies (album)|Road Movies]]''
| Drums
| <ref name="land1">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Road Movies |type=CD liner notes |others=Land |year=2001 |publisher=First World Music |id=FWD 01.09 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/road-movies-mw0000115886/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2002
| [[KMFDM]]
| ''[[Attak]]''
| Drums, bass, programming, synthesizers, percussion, guitar
| <ref name="kmfdm6">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Attak |type=CD liner notes |others=KMFDM |year=2002 |publisher=[[Metropolis Records]] |id=MET 235 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/attak-mw0000216053/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2003
| [[KMFDM]]
| style="background:thistle;"| ''[[Sturm & Drang Tour 2002]]'' {{dagger}}
| Bass
| <ref name="kmfdm7">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Sturm & Drang Tour 2002 |type=CD liner notes |others=KMFDM |year=2003 |publisher=[[Metropolis Records]] |id=MET 270}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2003
| [[KMFDM]]
| ''[[WWIII (album)|WWIII]]''
| Drums, vocals, loops <small>(three tracks)</small>
| <ref name="kmfdm8">{{Cite AV media notes |title=WWIII |type=CD liner notes |others=KMFDM |year=2003 |publisher=[[Sanctuary Records]] |id=06076-84636-2 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ww-iii-mw0000316168/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2004
| [[R.E.M.]]
| ''[[Around the Sun]]''
| Drums, percussion
| <ref name="rem1">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Around the Sun |type=CD liner notes |others=R.E.M. |year=2004 |publisher=[[Warner Bros. Records]] |id=48894-2 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/around-the-sun-mw0000406054/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2005
| [[Slow Music (band)|Slow Music]]
| ''Live At The Croc 19 Oct 2005''
| synthesizer
| <ref>{{cite web|work=Discogs|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/4557370-Slow-Music-Live-At-The-Croc-19-Oct-2005|title=Slow Music - Live at the Croc 19 Oct 2005}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2006
| [[Robyn Hitchcock]] & the Venus 3
| ''[[Olé! Tarantula]]''
| Choir, drums, percussion
| <ref name="ole1">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Olé! Tarantula |type=CD liner notes |others=Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 |year=2006 |publisher=[[Yep Roc]] |id=2129 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ol%C3%A9%21-tarantula-mw0000773025/credits | access-date=December 28, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2007
| [[Angels of Light]]
| ''[[We Are Him]]''
| Drums, bass, guitar, organ, percussion, piano, synthesizers
| <ref name="angels2">{{Cite AV media notes |title=We Are Him |type=CD liner notes |others=Angels of Light |year=2007 |publisher=[[Young God Records]] |id=YG35 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/we-are-him-mw0000580273/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2007
| [[R.E.M.]]
| style="background:thistle;"| ''[[R.E.M. Live]]'' {{dagger}}
| Drums
| <ref name="rem2">{{Cite AV media notes |title=R.E.M. Live |type=CD liner notes |others=R.E.M. |year=2007 |publisher=[[Warner Bros. Records]] |id= 292668-2 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2008
| [[R.E.M.]]
| ''[[Accelerate (R.E.M. album)|Accelerate]]''
| Drums
| <ref name="rem3">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Accelerate |type=CD liner notes |others=R.E.M. |year=2008 |publisher=[[Warner Bros. Records]] |id=418620-2 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/accelerate-mw0000583528/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2009
| [[Robyn Hitchcock]] & the Venus 3
| ''[[Goodnight Oslo]]''
| Drums, vocal harmony, vocals
| <ref name="gdnto1">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Goodnight Oslo|type=CD liner notes |others=Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 |year=2009 |publisher=[[Yep Roc]] |id=2156 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/goodnight-oslo-mw0000808730/credits | access-date=December 28, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2009
| [[The Humans (UK band)|The Humans]]
| ''[[We Are the Humans]]''
| Drums, bass, synthesizers, organ, production
| <ref name="humans1">{{Cite AV media notes |title=We Are the Humans |type=CD liner notes |others=The Humans |year=2009}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2009
| [[R.E.M.]]
| style="background:thistle;"| ''[[Live at the Olympia (R.E.M. album)|Live at the Olympia]]'' {{dagger}}
| Drums
| <ref name="rem4">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Live at the Olympia |type=CD liner notes |others=R.E.M. |year=2009 |publisher=[[Warner Bros. Records]] |id=520872-2 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-olympia-mw0001784314/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2010
| [[Robyn Hitchcock]] & the Venus 3
| ''[[Propellor Time]]''
| Drums
|  <ref name="propt1">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Propellor Time|type=CD liner notes |others=Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 |year=2010 |publisher=Sartorial Records |id= FIT 047|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/propellor-time-mw0001965701 | access-date=December 28, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2010
| [[Swans (band)|Swans]]
| ''[[My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky]]''
| Drums, piano, guitar, synthesizers, organ, vocals
| <ref name="swans3">{{Cite AV media notes |title=My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky |type=CD liner notes |others=Swans |year=2010 |publisher=[[Young God Records]] |id=YG43 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/my-father-will-guide-me-up-a-rope-to-the-sky-mw0002025724/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2011
| [[R.E.M.]]
| ''[[Collapse into Now]]''
| Drums, [[bouzouki]], keyboards, guitar
| <ref name="rem5">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Collapse into Now |type=CD liner notes |others=R.E.M. |year=2011 |publisher=[[Warner Bros. Records]] |id= 525611-2 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/collapse-into-now-mw0002073023/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2011
| [[KMFDM]]
| ''[[WTF?!]]''
| Engineering, sounds <small>(one track)</small>
| <ref name="kmfdm9">{{Cite AV media notes |title=WTF?! |type=Digital liner notes |others=KMFDM |year=2011 |publisher=[[Metropolis Records]] |id=MET 708D |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/wtf%21-mw0002112356/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2011
| [[The Humans (UK band)|The Humans]]
| ''[[Sugar Rush (album)|Sugar Rush]]''
| Percussion, keyboards, bass, production
| <ref name="humans2">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Sugar Rush |type=CD liner notes |others=The Humans |year=2011}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2012
| [[Swans (band)|Swans]]
| {{sort|Seer|''[[The Seer (Swans album)|The Seer]]''}}
| Drums, piano, organ, guitar, percussion, synthesizers, bass, vocals
| <ref name="swans4">{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Seer |type=CD liner notes |others=Swans |year=2012 |publisher=[[Young God Records]] |id=YG45 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-seer-mw0002401716/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2013
| [[Taylor Swift]]
| "[[The Last Time (Taylor Swift song)|The Last Time]]"
| Drums
| <ref name="taylor">{{Cite AV media notes|title=Red |type=liner notes |year=2013 |publisher=[[Big Machine Records]]}}</ref> 
|-
!scope="row"|2014
| [[The Humans (UK band)|The Humans]]
| ''[[Strange Tales (The Humans album)|Strange Tales]]''
| Drums, keyboards, guitar, bass, sounds, vocals, production
| <ref name="humans3">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Strange Tales |type=CD liner notes |others=The Humans |year=2014 |publisher=Vertical Species |id=HUMCD03 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2014
| [[Swans (band)|Swans]]
| ''[[To Be Kind]]''
| Drums, percussion, synthesizers, piano, guitar, bass, keyboards
| <ref name="swans5">{{Cite AV media notes |title=To Be Kind |type=CD liner notes |others=Swans |year=2014 |publisher=[[Young God Records]] |id=YG46 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/to-be-kind-mw0002637649/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2015
| [[King Crimson]]
| style="background:thistle;"| ''[[Live at the Orpheum]]'' {{dagger}}
| Drums, percussion, synthesizers, vocals
| <ref name="king1">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Live at the Orpheum |type=CD liner notes |others=King Crimson |year=2015 |publisher=[[Discipline Global Mobile]] |id=DGMSP2 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-orpheum-mw0002800577/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2016
| [[King Crimson]]
| style="background:thistle;"| ''[[Live in Toronto (King Crimson album)|Live in Toronto]]'' {{dagger}}
| Drums, percussion, keyboards
| <ref name="king2">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Live in Toronto |type=CD liner notes |others=King Crimson |year=2016 |publisher=[[Discipline Global Mobile]]  |id=DGM5013 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-in-toronto-november-20-2015-mw0002926480/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2016
| [[Swans (band)|Swans]]
| {{sort|Glowing|''[[The Glowing Man]]''}}
| Drums, piano, synthesizers, bass, guitar, vocals
| <ref name="swans6">{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Glowing Man |type=CD liner notes |others=Swans |year=2016 |publisher=[[Young God Records]] |id=YG58 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-glowing-man-mw0002937549/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2016
| [[King Crimson]]
| style="background:thistle;"| ''[[Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind]]'' {{dagger}}
| Drums, keyboards
| <ref name="king3">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind |type=CD liner notes |others=King Crimson |year=2016 |publisher=[[Discipline Global Mobile]]  |id=KCXP5001 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/radical-action-to-unseat-the-hold-of-monkey-mind-mw0002964721/credits |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2017
| [[King Crimson]]
| style="background:thistle;"| ''[[Live in Chicago (King Crimson album)|Live in Chicago]]'' {{dagger}}
| Keyboards
| <ref name="king4">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Live in Chicago |type=CD liner notes |others=King Crimson |year=2017 |publisher=[[Discipline Global Mobile]] |id=KCXP5003 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2018
| [[Lead into Gold]]
| {{sort|Sun Behind|''The Sun Behind the Sun''}}
| Drums
| <ref name="lead1">{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Sun Behind the Sun |type=Digital liner notes |others=Lead into Gold |year=2018 |publisher=[[Paul Barker]] |url=https://paulionbarker.bandcamp.com/album/the-sun-behind-the-sun |access-date=July 31, 2018 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|2018
| [[King Crimson]]
| style="background:thistle;"|''[[Meltdown: Live in Mexico City]]'' {{dagger}}
| Keyboards, production
| <ref name="mex1">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Meltdown: Live in Mexico City |type=CD liner notes |others=King Crimson|year=2018|publisher=[[Discipline Global Mobile]] }}</ref>
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bill-rieflin-mn0000075781/credits Bill Rieflin credits] at [[AllMusic]]
* {{Discogs artist|William Rieflin}}
* [http://www.firstworldmusic.com First World Music]
* [http://www.silbermedia.com/qrd/archives/billrieflin.html Bill Rieflin interview (March 2000) for QRD]

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