Vote For Josh

I think we can all agree that Joshua Dun is the best drummer around… GØ VØTE!

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Twenty One Pilots on MTV!

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Be sure to watch the Car Radio performance live at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards! http://www.mtv.com/artists/twenty-one-pilots/

Twenty One Pilots band name meaning

Ok so, I (Tyler) was in theatre class and we were studying a play called “All My Sons” written by Arthur Miller in the 40’s. It was about a father who ran a company that provided parts for airplanes used in WWII. He then found out that his parts were faulty, so he comes to a moral crossroads:1. He can take the parts back and not send them out, but he will lose a lot of money in a financially tough situation. He would also taint his business and his name and be known as ‘unreliable’ in his trade. But this would ultimately be the ‘right’ thing to do. or,2. send the parts out, make the necessary money to provide for his family, not taint his name, etc. He ends up sending the parts out and twenty one pilots died because of it. His son was a pilot in the war who had lost his life. There was no evidence to prove that it was directly related but his daughter blamed her father for her brothers death. He ended up committing suicide at the end of the play. Here’s how we make it relevant: I feel like we are all constantly encountering moral crossroads where the decisions that benefit the “now” will have consequences down the road; but the decision that might seem tough and tolling right away will ultimately be more rewarding. What is our purpose for playing music? We are constantly asking ourselves that question. The answer can change all the time, but for right now we are just going to stick with something as simple as “we want to make people think.”

Guns For Hands l-/

Twenty One Pilots video Guns For Hands

Exclusive Live Recording at Sunset Sound Studios

Here is an exclusive live performance of “Holding On To You” in Hollywood, CA at The Live Room.

Car Radio Lyrics

I ponder of something great
My lungs will fill and then deflate
They fill with fire
Exhale desire
I know it’s dire
My time today

I have these thoughts
So often I ought
To replace that slot
With what I once bought
‘Cause somebody stole
My car radio
And now I just sit in silence

Sometimes quiet is violent
I find it hard to hide it
My pride is no longer inside
It’s on my sleeve
My skin will scream
Reminding me of
Who I killed inside my dream
I hate this car that I’m driving
There’s no hiding for me
I’m forced to deal with what I feel
There is no distraction to mask what is real
I could pull the steering wheel

I have these thoughts
So often I ought
To replace that slot
With what I once bought
‘Cause somebody stole
My car radio
And now I just sit in silence

I ponder of something terrifying
‘Cause this time there’s no sound to hide behind
I find over the course of our human existence
One thing consists of consistence
And it’s that we’re all battling fear
Oh dear, I don’t know if we know why we’re here
Oh my,
Too deep
Please stop thinking
I liked it better when my car had sound

There are things we can do
But from the things that work there are only two
And from the two that we choose to do
Peace will win
And fear will lose
There’s faith and there’s sleep
We need to pick on please because
Faith is to be awake
And to be awake is for us to think
And for us to think is to be alive a
And I will try with every rhyme
To come across like I am dying
To let you know you need to try to think

I have these thoughts
So often I ought
To replace that slot
With what I once bought
‘Cause somebody stole
My car radio
And now I just sit in silence

I ponder of something great
My lungs will fill and then deflate
They fill with fire
Exhale desire
I know it’s dire
My time today

I have these thoughts
So often I ought
To replace that slot
With what I once bought
‘Cause somebody stole
My car radio
And now I just sit in silence

London

Twenty | One | Pilots in London

Holding On To You

Thanks to all of the fans who watched our video “Holding On To You” It’s at 1.5 million and climbing!

The first time I heard 21 Pilots

The first time I listened to 21 pilots was browsing youtube videos for new music.  I came across the Fueled by Ramen channel I had subscribed to.  I tuned into listen to music of artists such as Paramore, Walk the Moon, Neon Trees, and many others.  The Fueled by Ramen Channel brought me to listen to one of their first songs off the album 21 pilots called Regional at Best.  I listened to the song 21 pilots Guns for Hands.  This song boosted my interest and realized how amazing the 21 pilots lyrics were!

 

How we met

Tyler Josepht says: There was a guy I was playing with that I met through high school, and he ended up introducing me to Josh. They had worked together at Guitar Center. It was just one of those really organic type of friendships, where you just meet somebody at a job. He introduced me to Josh, and when you meet someone, you’re like, “Hey, yeah, let’s hang out sometime.” I don’t know how many times I say that and it never happens. Well, this one actually did happen, we actually did hang out once. I’m glad that we did because the first time we did, we stayed up until all hours of the night talking about our dreams and our goals when it comes to music. When I got to that conversation, I was like, “This is a guy I want to play music with.” So, we just met through mutual friends and a good talk, and we’re still going strong.