My interest in the lyrics came after I realized that the song that Justin played on Grandma's piano was the song Truce and that the lyrics included the words "Stay alive...". Different people have different ideas on what the song means. What do you think?
So, apparently, this musical group, Twenty-One Pilots, has started to go mainstream. My son and daughter love them, and in talking with them recently, I've read some interesting things about the band, their lyrics, and their style.
1. Tyler Joseph, Nick Thomas, and Chris Salih were college friends that formed the band in 2009 in Columbus, Ohio.
2. The band's name, Twenty-One Pilots, is inspired by the moral dilemma in Arthur Miller's play, All My Sons. Tyler was studying this play about a man who has knowingly sent faulty parts that resulted in the death of 21 pilots in World War II.
3. The band self-released albums and songs and began touring Ohio. In 2011, Nick and Chris left the band due to busy schedules and Tyler was joined by Josh Dun.
4. The duo continued to self-release until the announcement of their signing with Fueled by Ramen (a subsidiary of Atlantic Records).
5. The band is not a Christian band, although all of its members (now and in the past) are Christians. Look for references to Christian theology and God in their lyrics. Their genre is hard to define. What do you think?
6. An amazing variety of instrumentation is used by these talented young men. They write their own songs and lyrics and often have to rap in order to fit all of their ideas in.
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