Debbie and Josh Dan. “We sometimes feel very vulnerable on stage.
Josh Dun is the drummer for Twenty One Pilots. While many people try to expand the scope of their hobbies and do several things at once, Josh from a young age improved exclusively in playing the drums and achieved the greatest professionalism in this matter.
Josh was born on June 18, 1988, the same year as Tyler Joseph, in Columbus (Ohio, USA), he has two sisters and a brother. Tyler, contrary to rumors that sometimes appear on the Internet, is not his brother :)
Josh grew up in a religious family (by the way, like Tyler), which did not stop him from playing music. The parents always supported their son’s hobby and even gave him a room in the basement music studio, where Josh sat for hours, pounding his drums.
Josh doesn't have music education and everything he learned, he achieved on his own, using videos of other musicians found on the Internet as a guide. There was a time when he didn't even have his own drum kit and would go to the nearest music store to practice.
Josh's aggressive drumming threatened him with the prospect of going broke on drumsticks, and then the musical equipment company Zildjian offered to make him custom-made reinforced (and slightly elongated) drumsticks. Later the model was put into mass production.
In the Russian-speaking crowd, Josh received the nickname “Kazakh”, with light hand one Internet user who wrote a message in the style of “help identify the clip”, where he called the main characters of the video “a boy with a dirty neck” and “Kazakh” :) After that, it started…
At all concerts, Josh performs his signature number - a backflip with a piano. Regular visitors to the band's performances are so used to this that everyone is already waiting for this number and Josh has no choice...
Josh admits to natural modesty and this is why he explains that at first he performed at concerts wearing a variety of masks (including a balaclava). Later he managed to partially overcome this shyness and this moment All that remained from the previous costume were red eyes and bright hair.
At concerts, in addition to somersaults, Josh has another signature number - crowdsurfing with drum set. Those who saw it say that the spectacle is outstanding.
Tyler and Josh are periodically trolled about their homosexual preferences. The guys show complete indifference to these hints, and sometimes they start making fun of them and add fuel to the fire themselves. What can you do to make the public scratch their tongues...
This is a musical duo formed in the USA, Ohio. The group appeared in 2009. Its members have recorded five albums, the last of which was created in 2018. Most famous compositions duet are: “ Stressed Out", "Ride", "Heathens". Videos for these songs were posted on YouTube, where they collected several hundred million views. In 2017, the duo received a Grammy in the category “Best Pop Duo” for the song “Stressed Out.”
Tyler Joseph
Born on December 1, 1988 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He has two brothers and a sister. The musician's mother is a math teacher, and his father is a coach and leader in a Christian high school. Tyler's height is 175 cm, weight 65 kg. He is cheerful, sociable in character, loves spending time with his family.
Childhood
Tyler has enjoyed playing basketball since childhood. He performed as part of basketball team at competitions, I devoted a lot of time to him. He was offered a basketball scholarship by Otterbein University, but Tyler turned it down, preferring music. He wanted to create music, sing. Tyler began to study music seriously when he found a musical keyboard in the closet, given to him by his mother long before.
Career
His musical career began when the group Twenty One Pilots was created, namely in 2009. The idea of creating the group belonged to Tyler, and his school friends also joined the group. At the end of December 2009, the guys had already recorded their first album and began touring their home state of Ohio.
In 2011, his friends left the group because their schedules were too busy. Tyler was joined by Josh Dun, former drummer for House of Heroes. Together they began to work further on creating music. Year after year others began to appear music albums. For 2018, Twenty One Pilots is one of the most successful groups. The guys won Grammy Award, tour around the world, write songs.
Family
Tyler for a long time did not talk about his personal life. He preferred to keep silent about information regarding his novels.
In 2015, it became known that the musician married Jenna Black. The guys dated for a long time, their relationship became more and more serious. The guys are very happy in their marriage. There are no children in the marriage yet. The musician has been asked more than once about children, when he wants to have them, but he prefers to keep personal information secret.
Josh Dun
Born on June 18, 1988. His hometown– Columbus, Ohio, USA. The musician has two sisters and a brother. Josh is 178 cm tall and weighs 72 kg. The musician is a cheerful character, has an excellent sense of humor, and happily communicates with fans.
Childhood
From the very beginning, the boy loved music very much, showed interest in it, but his hobby was not very encouraged in the family, so he secretly visited music stores. It was there that he communicated with other musicians, received from them different tips. Later, Josh gets a job in this store and works there for three years.
Career
Starts in March 2010 music career Josh. He replaced a drummer named Colin Rigsby in the band House of Heroes. Colin was taking a break and spending time with his family. Josh was just filling in for him. In October, Colin returned to the band, and Josh gave him the position of drummer.
In 2011, Josh attended a performance by the band Twenty One Pilots. He was delighted with the performance of this group and met Tyler, a member of the group. The guys began to communicate, they turned out to have similar musical preferences.
When several members of the group decided to leave, Josh wanted to join. He only played one song at the concert when the police canceled it. From that day on, Josh decided not to leave group Twenty One Pilots, became a member.
The guys worked hard to create new compositions, released albums, and won a Grammy award. Now they tour all over the world, and drummer Josh is world famous. He has many fans all over the planet.
Relationship
The musician does not like to talk about his personal life. It is known that in 2013 he met with American actress Debby Ryan. The romance did not last long; the guys broke up in 2014. In 2015, rumors began to appear that Josh was dating Ashley Frangipane, known under the pseudonym Halsey, but the musician himself did not comment on this news. Nothing is known about Josh's other novels.
He is currently single and has no children. Josh does not comment on his personal life, so it is unknown whether his heart is free.
Josh continues to work on creating new music. Together with another member of the group, Tyler, he records albums and tours with concerts.
The worldwide success of the Ohio duo Twenty One Pilots has puzzled everyone, including, it seems, its members. Adorned with tattoos and black paint, Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun, looking like they stepped out of a 2005 Bravo magazine poster, quietly released albums and slowly expanded their “skeleton clique” (as their fans call themselves). Suddenly their word of mouth hit “Stressed Out” sounded on all radio stations on the planet, and the song “Heathens” ended up on the soundtrack of the high-profile summer blockbuster “Suicide Squad”. In general, now they are the ones who own the hearts of teenagers, hungry for beautifully reflective idols with tunnels in their ears.
Twenty One Pilots' flagship track "Stressed Out" was released in April last year. But the hype around it began about six months late. Since then it has been viewed more than 650 million times.
About tours in Russia
In general, Tyler and I have been dreaming of coming to you for a long time. We know a lot of cool Russians, we are waiting for something unforgettable. In turn, I promise to beat the drums with all my might!
About the handshake from the “Stressed Out” video
We came up with it five years ago. We were sitting in a hotel room at about four in the morning, couldn’t sleep, and then we were like, “Let’s come up with a secret handshake? All best friends should have it, right?” Since then we say hello every time. After the video, however, this is no longer a secret. But I won’t teach anyone: let you come up with your own version with your best friend.
About the film "Suicide Squad", the main theme of which was the track "Heathens"
Listen, well, personally, the film entertained me, and that’s the main thing. I generally love superhero movies. And I never approach them overly critically: it’s just an opportunity to disconnect from reality for a couple of hours and relax.
About superpowers
I would like to be able to run very fast. At least 50 miles per hour.
About reading
The best thing I've read in Lately, there was a tweet from Hulk Hogan: “Kevin Owens and A.J. Styles, remember: for everyone to blow their minds in the WWE, you need to rip Eric Young’s pants off and leave him in nothing but a Speedo” (American wrestlers are listed. - Note ed.).
About fear and uncertainty
The older you get, the more you start to worry. Anxiety increases over the years - my doctor once compared it to a volcanic eruption. At all, the main problem The point is that it is often difficult to understand what exactly you are worried about. For me, music has always been the best antidepressant and replaced psychotherapy. I'm sure I'm far from the only one.
About the funniest colleagues
We've toured with a lot of artists, from Fall Out Boy to Echosmith. Who's the most fun to be with? Last summer I celebrated my birthday in New Hampshire with the bands Mutemath and Chef'Special. So I ate Oreo pudding and topped it off with Oreo cake - and it was probably my wildest birthday ever.
How to maintain healthy relationships in a team with only two members
What do we do if we have a fight? To be honest, we just don't fight at all. The important thing here is that we have already been good friends when they started playing together. We respect each other wildly, which is very important when you spend so much time together.
On October 22 and 23, Twenty One Pilots will perform in Russia for the first time. Tickets for the Moscow concert at the Sokol club (formerly Stadium Live) have long been sold out; in St. Petersburg, the organizers moved the performance to the more spacious Ledovy.
Twenty One Pilots (the band's name is always written in lowercase) have made a lot of noise over the past few years with their experimentation with musical style and remarkable live performances.
Debuting in 2009 and signing to Fueled by Ramen in 2012, the band, comprised of vocalist Tyler Joseph and drummer Josh Dun, has released two critically acclaimed albums, Vessel and Blurryface. The last one became theirs business card. Their lyrical, cheeky lyrics resonated with many fans around the world.
The upcoming Twenty One Pilots concerts in Russia will be held on February 2, 2019 in Moscow (VTB Arena) and February 4 in St. Petersburg ( Ice Palace).
The name Twenty One Pilots is taken from the play by Arthur Miller.
In college, Tyler Joseph studied Miller's play All My Sons, about a man who stands in front of moral choice after knowingly selling defective parts for Air Force aircraft, resulting in the deaths of twenty-one pilots during World War II. Inspired by this moral dilemma, Joseph names the group "Twenty-One Pilots." It was precisely such ethical questions and real-life situations that became the basis for many of the group’s songs.
The musicians put photographs of their grandfathers on the cover of “Vessel”
The two older men on the cover of Fueled by Ramen's debut release are the grandfathers of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun. Joseph and Dan thought it would be cool because no one had done it before.
Their ski masks symbolize facelessness
After the release of the album "Vessel", Twenty One Pilots began to often wear balaclavas during live performances, and at the MTV Movie Awards in 2013 the audience even followed suit. In an interview, the band stated that the ski masks were a way to not only catch people off guard at concerts, but also to make the music more faceless and thus irrelevant—separating it from faces and names so people could make it their own.
Blurryface is the character the album was named after.
Tyler Joseph said that Blurryface is a character he made up, personifying his own complexes and the complexes of other people. To get into character on stage, he would apply black paint to his neck and arms, which he said symbolizes the fear of suffocation (paint on his neck) and the things he makes with his hands (paint on his hands). He also wears red wristbands because red is the character's color.
They tried to attract the attention of stage workers during concerts
When Twenty One Pilots were just a small band in Columbus, they tried to attract the attention of everyone in the club, even the bartenders who served the customers. In an interview, Tyler said that they tried to ensure that even the support staff would stop what they were doing for a second and look at the stage.
They are Christians, but not Christian performers
Both Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun said that they are Christians, but do not intend to convince anyone of anything through music. However, since their beliefs are important to them, they often slip into the texts and general symbolism one way or another.
Tyler once threw a patron out of a concert.
One day, Tyler Joseph stopped the show because he saw a guy in the audience hit a girl. He stopped playing and, along with several other people, pushed him off the court.
Twenty One Pilots won't say what their logo means
Tyler Joseph drew the band's logo himself, and calls it the "kitchen drain." He stated that it has a certain meaning to him, as well as the fact that he is the only person who knows what it symbolizes. And if he tells, then the meaning will be lost.
None of the band members play guitar
Twenty One Pilots usually rely on synthesizers, ukuleles and drums, which makes their music quite unique because they don't use a guitar at all. This is because neither Joseph nor Dan play it. They say that if they used a guitar, they would have to find someone to play it, and then the music would go through someone who is not part of the group.
Josh played drums in House of Heroes
Before joining Tyler Joseyaw in Twenty One Pilots, Josh Dun was the touring drummer for the rock band House of Heroes. After original members Nick Thomas and Chris Sahlin left the band, Dan, who worked at Guitar Center with Sahlin, met Joseph and they began playing together.
Tyler Joseph released solo album
While still in school, Tyler Joseph released a mini-album of Christmas songs. He was also featured on the live performance of "Oh Come, Oh Come, Emmanuel" on Christmas with the Stars for Five14 Church and as backing vocalist on Dallon Weeks' single (Panic! at the Disco) "Sickly Sweet Holidays".
Tyler also appeared in videos for his church.
Before Twenty One Pilots became famous throughout the world, Tyler Joseph shone with his acting talents in short videos, which he and several others from his church in Ohio did. In the video, titled "The (moderately inspiring tale of the) Longboard Rodeo Tango," he plays an intern who discovers that his comrades are a gang of skateboarders.
The album "Vessel" was written without any special expectations that anyone would hear it
When Vessel was released, the band was still fairly unknown, so when they went into the studio to record, no one expected anything from them. However, the band said that when they recorded "Blurryface" it was hard not to think about the fact that somewhere out there there was an audience hungry for this record.
They shot a video for Will Smith's Rachno
In one of his most interesting videos on "House of Gold", the group appears before the audience in the middle of some kind of wasteland and half of their body is torn off. But the place itself is also of interest. The video was filmed at a ranch north of Los Angeles that belongs to Will Smith.
Once they got a tattoo right on stage
Both Tyler and Josh have an X tattoo that they got on stage in Columbus. Joseph wears it on his forearm and Dan wears it behind his right ear, symbolizing the dedication of fans in their hometown.
Hi Josh! Some of these questions may seem strange to you, but know that we have no complaints, these are fans tried! First of all, tell me, what are your expectations from Russia? You probably think that we are still going through perestroika and there are bears roaming the streets?
Haha, no... I've never been to Russia. This will be my first visit to you as part of Twenty One Pilots. But since the seventh grade I dreamed of visiting your country. So I'm very excited that I will finally be able to come and feel part of great culture. Of course, I have no idea what to expect from you. But I wouldn’t like to rely only on someone’s jokes, stories and videos - it’s important for me to gain my own experience. You cannot understand another culture until you have visited that country yourself. So I'm really looking forward to the trip and want to find some, meet cool people... In general, I'm ready for adventure!
What rumors or myths about Russia come to your mind first? For example, about vodka...
I'm trying to remember something right now, but I can't remember anything. But I met a lot of Russians, they were all very kind. So I think I'll meet a lot of good people here.
Whose idea was it to come to Russia? Your manager or you yourself decided to visit such a dangerous place? Maybe you wanted some adrenaline?
Hehe! When Tyler and I got into music, we traveled a lot around our home state of Ohio, where we were born and raised. But one day we agreed that when we succeeded, we would definitely start traveling on a larger scale. And so it happened, we began to travel around the world a lot and now we want to visit as many cool places as possible! And speaking of what Russia will be like: I think it will be amazing!
What's the first thing you do when you get off the plane in Moscow?
First of all, I’ll probably find your best coffee and drink plenty of it to stay invigorated. I love coffee, you know.
We approve! What do you know about Russian music? Have you listened to any of our performers?
Good question. I'm sure I definitely heard someone, but I don't remember now. Maybe you can recommend something?
No problem! "" just has a tradition: when famous performers come to Moscow, we show them the best Russian videos. If you don’t mind, we will invite you to this program and you will get to know Russian music as closely as possible.
Yeah, cool!
Okay, we will contact your manager and try to arrange a meeting. What kind of music have you been listening to lately?
Hmmm... I don’t know what I was listening to Last year... Sometimes I turn on old records - those bands I was crazy about in high school. I recently drove Rage Against the Machine and . Sometimes I can listen to opera, sometimes even pop. Like Green Day. Or just relaxing music, without words. In general, I listen to a lot of things.
Let's talk about words. Do you remember the lyrics to all your songs by heart?
If I remembered all our songs, it would be a little difficult for me. By heart, of course not. But I'm getting ready for the show.
Which drummer do you consider your idol?
A lot of those. A bunch of professionals helped me master the drums until I found my style.
