# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-rieflin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:37:40.574Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-rieflin"
name: "Bill Rieflin"
slug: "bill-rieflin"
description: "William Frederick Rieflin was an American musician. Rieflin came to prominence in the 1990s mainly for his work as a drummer with groups such as Ministry, the Revolting Cocks, Lard, KMFDM, Pigface, Swans, 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."
tagline: "American musician (1960–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robyn_Hitchcock_%26_Venus_3_%40_Merriweather_Post_Pavilion_June_8%2C_2009_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1960-09-30"
deathDate: "2020-03-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.1
  momentum:             3.668122270742358
  historical:           13.96164
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1489457/"
    handle:    "nm1489457"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بيل ريفلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Rieflin"
    title: "Bill Rieflin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Rieflin"
    title: "Bill Rieflin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Rieflin"
    title: "Bill Rieflin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Rieflin"
    title: "Bill Rieflin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Rieflin"
    title: "Bill Rieflin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Rieflin"
    title: "Bill Rieflin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ビル・リーフリン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Rieflin"
    title: "Bill Rieflin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Rieflin"
    title: "Bill Rieflin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Рифлин, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Rieflin"
    title: "Bill Rieflin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Rieflin"
    title: "Bill Rieflin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rieflin"
    title: "William Rieflin"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2517349"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1684941"
    title: "Bill Rieflin"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump