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== History == | == History == | ||
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Having been acquainted since high school, [[Tyler Joseph]], [[Nick Thomas]] and [[Chris Salih]] formed the band "''[[Twenty One Pilots]]''" in 2009. The group released their debut album, ''[[Twenty One Pilots (album)|Twenty One Pilots]]'' the same year. Both Salih and Thomas left the band on good terms. Not long after, new found drummer [[Josh Dun]] joined the band. At the time, Dun was working at guitar center with Salih. Salih brought in a CD with three Twenty One PIlots songs. Dun stated that he loved the songs and went to see Twenty One Pilots live, soon attending a show at the Newport Music Hall. Dun approached Joseph after the show, and they have since become great friends and musicians together<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190407203611/https://www.columbusalive.com/content/blogs/sensory-overload/2012/04/interview-twenty-one-pilots-part-1.html</ref>. Twenty One Pilots, now consisting of Joseph and Dun, released Regional at Best in 2011. In June, the duo played their first out-of-state show to a group of 12 people. The pair soon gained popularity through a series of videos made by their friend, Mark Eshleman. The band played their last show as an unsigned band at the [[Newport Music Hall]] in Columbus, Ohio to a crowd of 1,800 in attendance. The band signed with [[Fueled by Ramen]] in 2012 <ref>https://twentyonepilots.fandom.com/wiki/Vessel</ref>. In the summer of 2012, the duo released the ''[[Three Songs|Three Songs EP]]'', which featured the tracks "[[Guns For Hands|Guns for Hands]]", "[[Migraine]]", and "[[Ode To Sleep|Ode to Sleep]]"<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/album/three-songs-mw0002486637</ref>. On December 18, 2012, the album was made available for streaming via ''Entertainment Weekly''. ''Vessel'' was released through Fueled by Ramen on January 8, 2013<ref>https://ew.com/article/2012/12/18/twenty-one-pilots-vessel-stream/</ref>. | |||
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