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Cherisse Osei
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<p>Cherisse Osei (born 23 December 1986) is an English drummer. She has been the drummer for the band <a href="/facts/Simple_Minds/PR8HW79q">Simple Minds</a> since 2017. Osei has also played with <a href="/facts/Jeffrey_Dunn/h8JJm2a2">Mantas</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Faders/4leLVnrS">The Faders</a>, <a href="/facts/Paloma_Faith/ynUv6mUI">Paloma Faith</a>, <a href="/facts/Bryan_Ferry/M3A1mzJU">Bryan Ferry</a>, <a href="/facts/Kelly_Jones/jSLp85y8">Kelly Jones</a>, and <a href="/facts/Mika_(singer)/qMQ33GMq">Mika</a>. In 2018, Osei won first place in the ‘Live Session Drummer’ category for <a href="/facts/Rhythm_(music_magazine)/CTFIavhD">Rhythm</a> magazine's Music Radar polls. As a member of <a href="/facts/The_Faders/4leLVnrS">The Faders</a>, Osei appeared on the series <a href="/facts/Veronica_Mars/InkgTFGA">Veronica Mars</a>. She cites <a href="/facts/John_Bonham/qtSBIfbp">John Bonham</a>, <a href="/facts/Sheila_E./RDfGn6rh">Sheila E.</a>, <a href="/facts/Steve_Gadd/rQfc1dSG">Steve Gadd</a>, <a href="/facts/Levon_Helm/UWTdKs9P">Levon Helm</a>, <a href="/facts/Tony_Williams_(drummer)/rYGce4Q3">Tony Williams</a>, and <a href="/facts/James_Gadson/oANFMmJc">James Gadson</a> as influences. </p>