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.