Imagine you’re in a huge crowd of people, staring up
from the second row at a small stage.
Two people emerge from backstage and the crowd urges forward. The two people are skinny men clad in
skeleton zip-up hoodies. They unzip
their hoodies. One settles at the drums
while the other takes the mike without greeting the crowd and immediately
delves into a drum-filled, crowd-pleasing song.
You have been imagining the best opening act in the altrock genre, twenty
one pilots.
Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun recently gained popularity
since their start in music during 2009.
There is a lot that is unknown about twenty one pilots because they are
a fairly new duo, but they have taken the concert world by storm. Joseph and Dun have opened for bands with
quality live shows: Walk the Moon and Neon Trees. Recently, twenty one pilots signed on to open
for Fall Out Boy on the Save Rock and Roll Arena Tour. But they proved in 2011 that they are not
just an opening act by playing a sold out show in Newport Music Hall, causing
record labels to compete for their signature. They settled with Fueled by
Ramen, a subset of Atlantic Records. With
this they created their third and full-length album Vessel.
As you can see, the rap-rock style has elicited a newer
and bigger fanbase through these tours.
Together they make an up and coming music pairing. The fact that they make an impressive live
show that can hype a crowd and make a name for themselves is worth note in the
modern musical world. They performed a song called "House of Gold" on Conan, but maybe they're headed toward a gold record.
Fact: the name twenty one pilots is an allusion to the Arthur Miller
play All My Sons, in which a man kills himself because he had sent twenty one
pilots faulty parts and knew it would kill them.
Fun Fact: Tyler Joseph plays the ukulele.
Sources:
Information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty_One_Pilots <wikipedia.com 09/11/13>
Pictures:
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http://www.pollstar.com/photo_details.aspx?ID=807166 <pollstar.com 09/11/13>
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http://kroq.cbslocal.com/twenty-one-pilots-discuss-their-rising-popularity-and-grassroots-approach-to-music/ <cbslocal.com 09/11/13>
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