Eddie Fisher (drummer)
{{short description|American musician and songwriter|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Eddie Fisher
| image = Eddie Fisher.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name = Eddie Ray Fisher
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|12|17}}
| birth_place = Hillsboro, Oregon, U.S.
| origin = Mission Viejo, California, U.S.
| instrument = {{flatlist|
- Drums
- percussion
- guitar
- piano
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| genre = {{flatlist|
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| occupation = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter}}
| label = Interscope
| current_member_of = OneRepublic
| website =
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Eddie Ray Fisher (born December 17, 1973{{cite news|url=http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20091217/APA/912170503 |title=Today in History – Dec. 17 |agency=The Associated Press |date=December 17, 2009 |work=The Journal Gazette |access-date=6 August 2010 |location=Fort Wayne, Ind. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302075712/http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20091217/APA/912170503 |archive-date=March 2, 2012 }}) is an American musician and songwriter. He is the drummer for the pop rock band OneRepublic.{{cite web|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/interview-eddie-fisher-of-onerepublic/4559202|title=Interview: Eddie Fisher of OneRepublic|last=Reynolds|first=Chas|date=30 Jan 2008|work=Artist Direct|publisher=Rogue Digital, LLC.|access-date=6 August 2010|archive-date=5 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205042101/http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/interview-eddie-fisher-of-onerepublic/4559202|url-status=dead}} Eddie grew up in Mission Viejo, California and currently resides in Denver, Colorado, where OneRepublic is based. Fisher joined OneRepublic in 2005, and has been the band's drummer ever since.
Personal life
Fisher became interested in drumming when he was in seventh grade after he saw a U2 concert in the Tempe Stadium, Arizona.{{cite web|url=http://www.onerepublic.net/bio/default.aspx |title=Biography |publisher=OneRepublic |access-date=2012-05-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723023117/http://www.onerepublic.net/bio/default.aspx |archive-date=July 23, 2012 }}Eddie has been married to Rhiannon Adler since 2017.
OneRepublic
He joined OneRepublic in 2005 after playing with the band's former bassist.{{cite web|last1=Varias|first1=Chris|title=Q&A: OneRepublic's Eddie Fisher on songwriting, touring|url=http://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/08/03/qa-onerepublics-eddie-fisher-songwriting-touring/13483889/|publisher=Enquirer|access-date=25 August 2016|date=August 3, 2014}} Fisher has been credited for writing songs such as: "Say (All I Need)", "Stop & Stare", "Someone to Save You", "Won't Stop" and "All Fall Down" off OneRepublic's debut album, Dreaming Out Loud. He also contributed to writing the single "Good Life" from the band's second album, Waking Up. He did not write any songs on their third album, Native. Fisher also helped co-write the song "Colors" on the international deluxe edition of their fourth album, Oh My My.
Outside of OneRepublic
Fisher is known to have drummed on numerous tracks for the band The Violet Burning. He is credited for drumming on tracks such as "Save You" and "If I Can't Have You" (Kelly Clarkson). He also drummed on the track "Please Don't Stop The Rain" (James Morrison). He also writes songs for other artists.
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Category:Musicians from Hillsboro, Oregon
Category:People from Mission Viejo, California
Category:Drummers from California
Category:20th-century American drummers
Category:American male drummers