American musical duo originating from Columbus, Ohio. The band was
formed in 2009 by Tyler Josephalong with former members Nick Thomas
and Chris Salih, who eventually left in 2011, and currently consists
of lead vocalist and keyboardist Tyler Joseph and drummer Josh Dun.
The duo rose to fame in the mid–2010s, after several years of touring
and independent releases.
They put out two self-releasedalbums,Twenty One Pilotsin 2009
andRegional at Bestin 2011, before being signed by Fueled by Ramenin
2012. Their label debut, Vessel, was released in 2013. The duo
achieved breakthrough success with their fourth album,
Blurryface(2015), which produced the singles " Stressed Out" and "
Ride". In addition, the single " Heathens", recorded for the
soundtrack of the film Suicide Squad, made the group the first
alternative artist to have two concurrent top ten singles in the U.S.
