50 Fun Facts About Twenty One Pilots

Twenty One Pilots come from which city?

Nationwide Boulevard was temporarily renamed Twenty One Pilots Boulevard for two hometown shows in 2019.

Where did Tyler Joseph get the band's name?

All My Sons, from 1947, concerns a manufacturer whose faulty parts cause the deaths of 21 pilots.

Besides Tyler Joseph, who were the two founding members in 2009?

Both left in 2011 and Josh Dun took over on drums.

How did Tyler Joseph and original bassist Nick Thomas first meet?

Thomas later transferred to Joseph's middle school; he now handles the band's merchandise.

Where was the band's self-titled first album recorded?

It came out on 29 December 2009 and they toured Ohio to support it.

How did Tyler Joseph's mother help with the band's early marketing?

She was a maths teacher who later became a high school basketball coach.

Josh Dun replaced Chris Salih on drums in which year?

Nick Thomas left the following month, leaving the duo.

Where was Josh Dun working when he met Chris Salih, who introduced him to Tyler Joseph?

He also toured as a fill-in drummer for House of Heroes in 2010.

Which instrument did Josh Dun take lessons in before teaching himself drums?

He learned by imitating records on an electronic kit.

Tyler Joseph turned down a basketball scholarship to which school?

He changed his mind after seeing a songwriter perform at a club on High Street.

Tyler Joseph was educated how as a child?

His first musical exposure was the Christian rap-rock group DC Talk.

What was the band's second, self-released album, later taken out of print?

Several of its songs were re-recorded for Vessel.

Which label signed the duo in 2012?

The Atlantic subsidiary announced the deal at a show at Lifestyle Communities Pavilion.

What was the duo's major-label debut album, released in January 2013?

Joseph has said he views it as the band's real first record.

What was the band's first charting single?

It was one of five songs from the previous self-released album re-recorded for Vessel.

The duo's 2013 label debut became only the second album ever to achieve what?

Blurryface later did the same, making them the only band with two such albums.

Twenty One Pilots and Panic! at the Disco opened for which band on 2013's Save Rock and Roll tour?

Their late-night debut, on Conan, came that August.

What was the name of the band's first headlining outing in 2014?

It ran from September to November and drew on fan requests for the cities.

The character who gave the fourth album its name was described by Tyler Joseph as representing what?

Joseph applies black paint to parts of his body to get into character on stage.

Where did Tyler Joseph wear black paint for that character on the Blurryface tour?

The paint appears in the Stressed Out video too.

Which was the first single released from the fourth album, in March 2015?

Tear in My Heart came next, then Stressed Out.

The fourth album sold how many US copies in its first week?

It was the band's first number one on the Billboard 200 and came out two days early.

What was Stressed Out's peak position on the Billboard Hot 100?

The sleeper hit gave the duo their first US top ten and is certified 13 times platinum.

Who produced Stressed Out?

Ricky Reed produced most of the rest of Blurryface, including Ride.

Which Grammy did Stressed Out win in February 2017?

It was also nominated for Record of the Year.

What did the duo do before walking on stage to accept their Grammy?

Joseph said it fulfilled a promise they made while watching the Grammys as unknowns in Columbus.

Heathens was released in 2016 as the first single from which film's soundtrack?

It plays over the end credits and leaked a day before its early release.

Heathens made Twenty One Pilots the first alternative act in history to do what?

Ride was in the top five at the same time.

Where did Ride peak on the Hot 100?

It earned the duo their third diamond certification.

Which My Chemical Romance song did the duo cover for a 2016 tribute album?

It appeared on Rock Sound Presents: The Black Parade.

The 2016 outing that started in Cincinnati that May was called what?

It focused on the album and its character.

Trench is framed around a fictional walled city called what?

The name comes from dakhma, the Zoroastrian Tower of Silence.

How many bishops rule the city in the Trench story?

The chief bishop is Nico, named after a collective pseudonym used by French mathematicians.

Which Mutemath frontman co-produced and co-wrote much of Trench?

He went on to produce Clancy and Breach too.

Which two songs were released together on 11 July 2018 to launch Trench?

The album followed on 5 October after a year-long public silence.

Where did Trench debut on the Billboard 200?

It hit number one in six countries including Australia and the Netherlands.

The Chlorine video features an alien-like creature named what?

A Columbus pop-up shop was later called Ned's Bayou.

Level of Concern's promotional clip set which Guinness World Record?

The 2020 song was written about pandemic anxiety and filmed in the pair's homes.

The title Scaled and Icy is an anagram of what?

It is also a play on 'scaled back and isolated', a nod to lockdown recording.

What was the lead single from Scaled and Icy?

It premiered on BBC Radio 1 in April 2021.

What was distinctive about the 2021 Takeover Tour?

They played small clubs and big venues in each town; the arena leg was rebranded the Icy Tour.

Which Netflix series did the duo mash up with Heathens in a 2022 performance video?

They combined the show's theme with the song.

What was the lead single from Clancy, released on 29 February 2024?

The album was delayed a week so every song could get a music video.

Where did Clancy chart in the US?

It reached number one in Australia, Germany and Scotland.

Breach, released in September 2025, concluded a story arc that began with which album?

It became the duo's second album to debut atop the Billboard 200.

What was the lead single from Breach?

It arrived on 12 June 2025, three months before the album.

Twenty One Pilots' 14 Alternative Airplay No. 1s as of end-2025 tied which band?

The count runs through Breach in 2025 and compares both bands' totals at that point.

Twenty One Pilots' fanbase is known by what nickname?

It refers to the skeleton imagery in the band's shows and videos; in 2016 more than 100 ad panels at London's Wood Green tube station were covered in fan art.

Which Columbus street was temporarily renamed after Twenty One Pilots in 2019?

The honour marked two hometown shows at Nationwide Arena, where the duo also opened a pop-up shop called Ned's Bayou.

Which Damien Rice song did the duo cover in BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge in November 2018?

The same session featured stripped-down versions of My Blood and Ride during the Trench album campaign.