# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kramer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:50:04.318Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kramer"
name: "Kramer"
slug: "kramer"
description: "Mark Kramer, known professionally as Kramer, is a musician, composer, record producer and founder of the New York City record label Shimmy-Disc. He was a full-time member of the bands New York Gong, Shockabilly, B.A.L.L. and Bongwater; has played on tour with bands such as Butthole Surfers, Ween, Half Japanese and The Fugs ; and has performed regularly with John Zorn and other improvising musicians of New York City's \"downtown scene\" of the 1980s."
tagline: "American guitarist and record producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kramer%2C_2018.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1958"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.81
  momentum:             0.8035714285714284
  historical:           7.726210666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/MasteredbyKramer"
    handle:    "MasteredbyKramer"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kramershimmy.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/549060"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A)"
    title: "كرامر (موسيقي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1"
    title: "كرامر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86)"
    title: "کرامر (موزیسین)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kramer_(Musiker)"
    title: "Kramer (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kramer_(musician)"
    title: "Kramer (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC_(%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3)"
    title: "クレイマー (ミュージシャン)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kramer_(muzikant)"
    title: "Kramer (muzikant)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/544d3e5e-bd3d-428b-bdf0-06cbcb3af47d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1839361"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump