Josh Dun
American musician
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- Joshua William Dun (born June 18, 1988) is an American musician.
- As part of Twenty One Pilots, he has been nominated for six Grammy Awards, of which he has won one.
- He has two sisters and a brother.
- He initially took trumpet lessons at school and then turned his attention to drums, teaching himself how to play.
- He worked at Guitar Center for three years, where he met former Twenty One Pilots drummer Chris Salih, who eventually introduced him to his future bandmate Tyler Joseph.
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WikipediaJoshua William Dun (born June 18, 1988) is an American musician. He is best known as the drummer of the musical duo Twenty One Pilots, alongside Tyler Joseph, but he has collaborated with other artists as well. As part of Twenty One Pilots, he has been nominated for six Grammy Awards, of which he has won one.
Joshua William Dun was born in Columbus, Ohio, on June 18, 1988, the son of hospice social worker Laura Lee Dun (née McCollum) and physical therapy assistant William Earl "Bill" Dun. He has two sisters and a brother. His great-great-great-grandparents were the American rancher Edwin Dun, who was the United States Ambassador to Japan, and his second Japanese wife, Yama.
He initially took trumpet lessons at school and then turned his attention to drums, teaching himself how to play. One method Dun references was imitating the beats of the records he would buy on an electronic drum kit.
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