Twenty One Pilots By Ted Barnes, Jr. Members ● Tyler Joseph, Lead ● Josh Dun, Percussion (2011-present) ● Nick Thomas, Bass (2009-2011) ● Chris Salih, Percussion (2009-2011) Pre-Twenty One Pilots ● Joseph, Thomas met through basketball ● Joseph chose music over basketball ● “No Phun Intended” by Joseph ○ Still in high school ○ Thomas helped with “Trees” Forming of the Band ● Est. 2009 ● Ohio State University ● Salih’s basement studio ● Name from “All My Sons” Early Years ● Very grassroots ○ Tickets handed out outside OSU ○ by Joseph’s mom ● Self-titled album ● Unreleased cover/remix ○ “Jar of Hearts,” “Con te partirò” ○ Latter is first Dun heard New Lineup (2011) ● Salih leaves, focuses on work ○ Suggests Dun as replacement ● Thomas leaves, focuses on school ○ One month after Salih leaves ● Dun joins, similar vision as Joseph Sophomore Album (2011) ● “Regional at Best” ● Unsigned, sold out Newport ● Signs with Fueled by Ramen ○ Retains rights to self-titled album ○ Regional at best becomes unavailable Vessel (2013) ● First album signed to label ● Includes re-recorded records ○ Mostly from Regional at Best ○ Also from No Phun Intended Blurryface (2015) ● Concept album about overcoming insecurities ● No. 1 on Billboard 200 ○ First-time feat for the band ● Top Rock Album at BMA ● Grammys: Best Rock/Pop Duo Performance ● Every song is gold certified ○ First album in history Heathens and Hiatus ● Single Heathens for Suicide Squad ● Cover of My Chemical Romance’s “Cancer” ● Currently silent until next album Fall Away ● Track 2 on self-titled album ● Written by Tyler Joseph ○ 2nd rap written in high school ○ In No Phun Intended’s “Drown” ● Recorded in Salih’s Basement Studio Fall Away https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uui58utbGsU (google docs doesn’t let me add audio files and adding videos hasn’t worked) The Pantaloon ● Track 3 on self-titled album ● Written by Twenty One Pilots ○ Mostly just Tyler Joseph ● Emphasis on lyrical content ○ About going crazy, supposedly ● Recorded in Salih’s basement studio The Pantaloon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EO4GDlZZA g (google docs doesn’t let me add audio files and adding videos hasn’t worked) Ode to Sleep ● Originally from Regional at Best (track 3) ○ Re-recorded version on Vessel (track 1) ● Written by Tyler Joseph ○ 2nd rap written in high school ○ In No Phun Intended’s “Just Like Yesterday” ● Name chosen by hometown crowd Ode to Sleep https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf2_10edFh M (google docs doesn’t let me add audio files and adding videos hasn’t worked) The Judge ● 7th track in Blurryface ● Written by Tyler Joseph ● Highlighted ukulele part ○ Common instrument for TOP, unique otherwise The Judge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbP-aIe51Ek (google docs doesn’t let me add audio files and adding videos hasn’t worked) Bibliography https://www.billboard.com/music/twenty-one-pilots https://medium.com/jeffersonian/20-facts-on-twenty-one-pilots-vessel-7243676c5c56 https://www.altpress.com/news/entry/twenty_one_pilots_chris_salih_interview_stream https://soundcloud.com/21pilotspodcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61WpOTdThzY http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2017/01/why_twenty_one_pilots_are_america_s_biggest_rock_band.html https://www.wordonfire.org/resources/blog/twenty-one-pilots-masters-of-the-culture-of-encounter/2185/ https://www.rocksound.tv/blog/read/track-by-track-twenty-one-pilots-vessel http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2012/10/18/1-twenty-one-pilots-art-gn8jqp4s-1.html https://www.riaa.com/twenty-one-pilots-blurryface-earns-unrivaled-gold-platinum-achievement-first-album-digital-era-every -song-riaa-certified/ https://www.inquisitr.com/3508203/twenty-one-pilots-singer-tyler-joseph-discusses-how-his-hard-work-in-basketball-paid-o ff-in-a-successful-music-career/ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/13-things-we-learned-hanging-out-with-twenty-one-pilots-20160120 All photos were free to use according to Google.