Bill Orcutt (born February 2, 1962)[1] is an American guitarist and composer whose work combines elements of blues, punk, and free improvisation.

An aborted 2021 release It's All Meat comprised recordings prior to Watt with Koffley and vocalist Lloyd Johnson, with whom he was also in Miami’s Trash Monkeys.

[5] Their music, which drew from American no wave, hardcore punk and free jazz was influential and "served as a progenitor for the Noise movement.

[7] Orcutt moved to San Francisco and took a long hiatus from music (bar the shortlived KKYLP project), returning in 2009, with an LP of solo guitar entitled A New Way to Pay Old Debts[8][9] which was well received, ranking third of 2009 in The Wire's annual "Rewind" list.

[11] Orcutt has issued a great many cassettes and singles in highly limited editions, usually through his labels Fake Estates and Palilalia Records.