Philo Cramer

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Philo Cramer
BornUnited States
GenresHardcore punkpunk rockart punk
Instrument(s)Guitar

Philo Cramer is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist for the Los Angeles punk band FEAR (Slash Records),[1] from 1978 to 1993. He was a member of the band's classic lineup along with Spit Stix, Derf Scratch and frontman Lee Ving. He rejoined the group in 2018.

Early life

Hailing from

Canoga Park, California, he graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles
with a bachelor's degree in physics.

Career

Aside from FEAR, he was also in the art punk band The Cigarettes (Carlysle Records) from 1978 to 1979.

With FEAR, he appeared in

Ian Mackaye can be heard screaming the phrase shortly after the song "New York's Alright if You Like Saxophones". Lee Ving was the only original member of FEAR for many years; Cramer and drummer Spit Stix
left in 1993, but returned in 2018 (according to the FEAR Facebook page).

Cramer also appeared in the movie Get Crazy as a band member. Briefly, in 1985, he formed a band with Agression drummer Mark Aber called King M'butu, also notable for containing Danny Dorman of Wasted Youth and Circle One. Cramer resides in Connecticut and plays in a band called The Fighting Cocks and occasionally plays FEAR cover songs with Connecticut post-punk group Red Temples.

References

  1. ^ "Fear (3)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  2. ^ Episode info at IMDB.com