Philo Cramer

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Philo Cramer was the lead guitarist for the Los Angeles punk band FEAR (Slash Records), following a short stint in his 1977-1978 band, The Cigarettes (Carlysle Records). He is known for his Gibson SG and making odd noises with his whammy bar, and for being perhaps the only Punk Rocker in the 80's LA scene holding a BS degree in Physics. FEAR performed Beef Bologna, New Yorks Alright If You Like Saxophones, and Let's Have A War on Saturday Night Live in 1981 and Philo was wearing a green dress; he also gave dollar bills to people in the crowd saying "I'll give you a dollar if you be my friend". FEAR was cut short to commercial on Let's Have A War because people in the crowd starting yelling "New York Sucks". In fact, Minor Threat's very own Ian Mackaye can be heard screaming the phrase shortly after the song 'New Yorks Alright if You Like Saxophones'. Though Lee Ving is the only original member of FEAR today, Philo disbanded from FEAR in 1987. He also appeared in the movie Get Crazy as one of the band members from Jew's band.