Eddie Ray Fisher (born December 17, 1973) is an American musician and songwriter. He is the drummer for the

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band

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. Eddie grew up in

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and currently resides in

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, 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,

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. Eddie has been married to Rhiannon Adler since 2017.

OneRepublic

He joined OneRepublic in 2005 after playing with the band's former bassist. Fisher has been credited for writing songs such as: "

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", " Stop & Stare", "Someone to Save You", "Won't Stop" and "All Fall Down" off OneRepublic's debut album, ''

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.'' He also contributed to writing the single " Good Life" from the band's second album, ''

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.'' He did not write any songs on their third album, ''

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''. 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

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. He is credited for drumming on tracks such as " Save You" and "If I Can't Have You" (

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). He also drummed on the track " Please Don't Stop The Rain" ( James Morrison). He also writes songs for other artists.

References

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