Bill Rieflin (Ministry, KMFDM, King Crimson, Swans, REM, RevCo), RIP

Bill Rieflin died yesterday after a battle with cancer. Not exactly within the Elektron realm, but I was a big, big fan of his work with Ministry and his cameos with KMFDM. Definitely a loss to the music community, electronic or otherwise.

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Oh no, this is horrible news. Such a talent lost.

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The Bushmaster, with him and Martin Atkins drumming together on Pigface’s debut album Gub, is an absolute powerhouse of a song, given that all it has is drums and vocals.

Sad too that his wife Francesca Sundsten also died from cancer (Lymphoma) just last year.

RIP Bill. Thanks for the music.

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Well that sucks

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Didn’t realize the breadth of his work until now that he’s gone. He was a familiar name from reading Ministry album covers and liner notes, but I didn’t know he also played for R.E.M., King Crimson etc. Basically many of my favourite bands from some point of time.

Hats off for these sad news.

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