Billy Karren

Who is Billy Karren?

William Francis "Billy" Karren is an American musician and feminist best known as the lead guitarist of the punk band Bikini Kill, and the leader of Olympia garage band The November Witch. He was also active in many other music projects in the Olympia music scene including: The Go Team, The Frumpies, Corrections, and Spray Painted Love.

He was not often interviewed. Of the very few Bikini Kill interviews, most of them included only the three other members of the band, Kathleen Hanna, Kathi Wilcox and Tobi Vail. Karren was asked about his private nature on a Kill Rock Stars email Q&A in 1999,

He also briefly discussed his musical influences in the same Q&A,

Karren lives in L.A.