*Josh Dun*
Born June 18, 1988, in Columbus, Ohio, Grew up with two sisters Ashley and Abigail and one brother Jordan. His mom, Laura, a hospice social worker. His dad, Bill, a physical therapy assistant. Growing up, he was a self-taught drummer. H e started with taking trumpet lessons at school, but he was "never awesome at it". The lessons only taught him how to read it rather than create his own music with it.
He then turned his attention to drums and taught himself how to play them, because he believed at the time "somebody else teaching me how to play an instrument... was kind of prohibiting me from being creative". According to Dun, he would skateboard down to the local music store, where he would purchase records and imitate the beats on an electronic drum kit.
His parents set strict rules on the type of music he was allowed to listen to, so instead he asked people at the store to recommend albums to him. Dun worked at Guitar Center for three years.
Dun has said on music, "But I've always wanted to play drums and now I'm able to do that pretty much on a nightly basis. That's what I love the most, getting together with people in a room and letting music unify us – I know that sounds really dramatic, but it's a really cool experience and something that I won't get tired of for a while yet."
In March 2010, Dun joined House of Heroes after the band's drummer, Colin Rigsby, took a break to spend more time with his family.
n 2011, Dun was invited by then Twenty One Pilots drummer Chris Salih to one of their concerts after listening to the band's original demo CD. He was impressed with the trio's performance,and met and befriended the band's lead vocalist,Tyler Joseph , after the show. Later in the year, Dun quit his job at Guitar Center to play a show with Joseph after Salih and bassist Nick Thomas left the group due to busy schedules. They played one song before police officers eventually cancelled the show.
Dun subsequently became the band's full-time drummer.
