William Frederick (Bill) Riflin [~ 1] ( English William Frederick "Bill" Rieflin ; born September 29, 1960 in Seattle , Wash. ) Is an American musician, best known as a drummer of a number of influential groups in the genre of industrial rock and experimental metal. such as Ministry , Revolting Cocks , Lard , KMFDM , Swans . Since 2003, Riflin has worked continuously in the REM group, replacing drummer Bill Berry who has left her. Riflin is currently involved in King Crimson .
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| Full name | William Frederick Riflin |
| Date of Birth | September 29, 1960 (58 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Seattle |
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| Instruments | drums , guitars , keyboards |
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| Collectives | Ministry , REM , Revolting Cocks , KMFDM , Pigface , Nine Inch Nails , King Crimson |
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Riflin began his professional career in his native Seattle; in 1975, he played for The Telepaths, which played at least two concerts on The Tupperwares, the predecessor of [2] . From among the members of The Telepaths, the group The Blackouts subsequently arose [3] [4] . As part of the latter, Riflin played along with vocalist and guitarist Erich Werner, bassist Mike Davidson, and saxophonist’s keyboard player Roland Barker [3] ; ibid Riflin later met Roland's brother , replacing Davidson with a bass guitar [5] , and later with the frontman of the Ministry Al Jorgensen ; after the collapse of The Blackouts, the latter invited Barker and Riflin to the concert line-up [4] .
Having first participated in the recording of the second single of Revolting Cocks - “You Often Forget” of 1986, Riflin became a member of the recording of the breakthrough album for the Ministry of The Land of Rape and Honey . Riflin's subsequent collaboration with the Ministry and their third-party projects lasted until the mid-1990s; despite this, Riflin notes that he was never listed as a member of the Ministry in their releases during this period, but only as an “additional” musician [5] ; accordingly, when he broke up with Ministry on the recording of the album Filth Pig , he did not leave the group because he was not a member of it [5] . At the same time, Riflin met drummer Martin Atkins , who toured with the Ministry at concerts in support of The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste album, as well as with his label colleague Wax Trax! Records by ; along with the latter, Riflin became the co-founder of the Pigface team [6] ; with Connelly Riflin collaborated more than once in the subsequent period.
Also in Seattle, Riflin has collaborated with a number of other influential musicians: Robert Fripp and Trey Gann from King Crimson , from , Sasha Konetsko from KMFDM and Peter Buck from REM . Fripp and Gunn became partners in the recording of Riflin's debut solo album - the Birth of a Giant 1999; The improvisations recorded at the Birth of a Giant sessions were included on the next album, The Repercussions of Angelic Behavior , released the same year.
Riflin regularly appeared on KMFDM albums in the period 1995-2003, acting as a drummer, keyboardist, programmer and backing vocalist; during the 2002 tour in support of the album Attak, he performed as a bass player; in 2011 he took part in the recording of the album WTF? [7] .
Riflin constantly collaborated with Swans , starting with the 1995 album The Great Annihilator [8] ; collaboration continued after the revival of the group in 2010; on the booklet of their 2012 album The Seer , Riflin is noted as “Honorary Swan” ( English Honorary Swan ) [9] .
In September 2013, Robert Fripp announced in his blog a new composition of King Crimson, which included Riflin in the position of drummer (along with Gavin Harrison and Pat Mastelotto ) [10] . Shortly after the release of the first King Crimson concert release featuring Riflin - the album Live in Toronto - Fripp reported in his blog about Riflin’s departure from group activities - “a decision supported by all the Crimson Brothers” [11] . Later in early 2017, Fripp announced Riflin’s return to the line-up, along with who replaced him; according to Fripp, Riflin will focus more on keyboards than on drums [12] .
Collaboration with groups
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Solo discography
- 1999 - Birth of a Giant (with Robert Fripp and Trey Gann )
- 1999 - The Repercussions of Angelic Behavior (with Robert Fripp and Trey Gann)
- 2001 - Largo (shared with )
Notes
- Comment
- ↑ Also meets the writing Raylin [1] .
- Sources
- ↑ Musicians REM, Nirvana and Sleater-Kinney united into a supergroup // Lenta.ru . - 06.05.2014. - Date of appeal: 10/25/2017.
- 2 1 2 3 Reighley, Kurt (2002-05-08), " The Screamers ", Seattle Weekly , < http://www.seattleweekly.com/2002-05-08/music/the-screamers/ > . Retrieved February 19, 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 Gimarc, George. Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's 1970-1982 Guide to Underground Rock. - Backbeat Books, 2005. - P. 416, 556. - ISBN 0-87930-848-6 .
- ↑ 1 2 Sutton, Michael. The Blackouts Biography . Allmusic . All Media Network, LLC. The appeal date is February 15, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Gail Worley. Bill Rieflin - What is Long, Strange Trip? It's Been: The Definitive Bill Rieflin Interview . Ink19 (November 4, 1999). The appeal date is February 15, 2017.
- ↑ Greg Prato. Biography: Pigface . The appeal date is February 21, 2017.
- ↑ Metropolis Mail Order // WTF ?! (January 21, 2011). The appeal date is January 21, 2011.
- ↑ David Jarman. Swans: The Great Annihilator (Young God-Inevitable) . - In: Reviews: [ eng ] // CMJ New Music Monthly . - 1995. - No. 19 (March). - P. 42. - ISSN 1074-6978 .
- ↑ See the booklet of the album The Seer (Young God Records, August 28, 2012); list of participants of the record.
- ↑ Robert Fripp. Bredonborough Rising with Devil Bug . Robert Fripp's Diary . Discipline Global Mobile (September 6, 2013). The appeal date is February 24, 2017.
- ↑ Robert Fripp. Sunday So What to say? Robert Fripp's Diary . Discipline Global Mobile (March 6, 2013). The appeal date is February 24, 2017.
- ↑ Robert Fripp. DGM HQ. Robert Fripp's Diary . Discipline Global Mobile (February 13, 2017). The appeal date is February 24, 2017.
- ↑ The Slow Music Project homepage . Slowmusicproject.com. The appeal date is October 26, 2011.
- ↑ Ten Seconds - Ten Seconds (CD, Album) at Discogs . Discogs.com. The appeal date is October 26, 2011.
Links
- firstworldmusic.com - the official website of the label First World Music
- Bill Rieflin interview from QRD # 17 . QRD # 17 (March 15, 2000). The appeal date is February 14, 2017.