Ģ011-12: Regional at Best and signing with a label Both left messages on the band's Facebook page, with Chris Salih announcing the addition of Josh Dun to the band, a former live drummer for House of Heroes. In mid 2011, Thomas and Salih left the band due to increasingly busy schedules as they chose to pursue careers elsewhere. On December 29, 2009, the three member line up released their eponymous self titled album, Twenty One Pilots, and began to tour their home state of Ohio. 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.'' What is our purpose for playing music? We are constantly asking ourselves that question. Joseph explains that ' 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. The man sends them out and twenty-one pilots die as a result. The band's name was inspired by Joseph's study of All My Sons by Arthur Miller, a play about a man that finds equipment he manufactured for planes in WWII is faulty and he must decide what to do-lose money and business by recalling them or send them out anyway and hope for the best. In 2009, college friends Tyler Joseph, Nick Thomas and Chris Salih formed the band in Columbus, Ohio.

History 2009-11: Formation and first album

1.5 2018-2020: Trench and The Bandito Tour.

1.4 2015-2017: Blurryface, Stressed Out and Emotional Roadshow World Tour.

1.3 2012-14: Vessel and mainstream success.

1.2 2011-12: Regional at Best and signing with a label.

Lyrics to 21 pilots ride