biography

Philo Cramer is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist for the Los Angeles punk band FEAR (Slash Records), 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. Hailing from Canoga Park, California, he graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a bachelor's degree in physics. Aside from FEAR, he was also in the art punk band The Cigarettes (Carlysle Records) from 1978 to 1979.