Matt Kramer (musician)

{{Short description|American singer}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{BLP primary sources|date=February 2009}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Matt Kramer

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|08|10}}

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| occupation = Singer

| years_active = 1988–present

| genre = Glam metal, heavy metal,{{Cite web|title=Perfect Sound Forever: Saigon Kick|url=http://www.furious.com/perfect/saigonkick.html|access-date=December 10, 2020|website=www.furious.com}} hard rock{{cite web|first=John|last=Bush|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/saigon-kick-mn0000289058/biography|title=Saigon Kick|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=December 10, 2020}}

| associated_acts = Saigon Kick
Coma
Soul Star

| label = Atlantic

}}

Matt Kramer (born August 10, 1968) is a singer who was the lead vocalist of the American glam metal band Saigon Kick.{{Cite web|last=McPadden|first=Mike|title=The Hair Metal 100: Ranking the '80s Greatest Glam Bands, Part 2|url=https://www.vh1.com/news/g7xhgb/hair-metal-100-part-2|date=2015-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819013107/https://www.vh1.com/news/g7xhgb/hair-metal-100-part-2|url-status=live|archive-date=August 19, 2022|access-date=December 10, 2020|website=VH1 News}}{{Cite web|title=Perfect Sound Forever: Hair Metal|url=http://www.furious.com/perfect/hairmetal.html|access-date=December 10, 2020|website=www.furious.com}}

Biography

Kramer sang on their first two albums. The second album, The Lizard, propelled Kramer's lead vocals and the band to a top-10 single on the Billboard charts, and a number-one MTV request countdown video with the ballad "Love Is on the Way", which is still played on radio stations around the world on regular rotation.

Kramer has also sung for several other bands, including Coma and Soul Star.

He released a solo album titled War and Peas, which was self-produced, and released on his label Lascivious.

He has also written a book of poetry entitled An American Profit (Lascivious Books).

Discography

= With Saigon Kick =

= Solo =

  • War and Peas (2002), Lascivious Recording Co.

Literary releases / poetry books

  • "An American Profit", 2007, Lascivious Books
  • "A Book of Poems from the Smallest of Towns", 2011, Lascivious Books

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