The former drummer and founding member of Twenty One Pilots, Christopher ‘Chris’ Salih felt he was not getting it right hence the need to try other things that would earn him more money to cater to his needs.
The Ohio based band was formed in 2009 by Chris Salih and his fellow college friends, Tyler Joseph and Nick Thomas. Salih offered his role in Twenty One Pilots’ band to Josh Dun who later became the band’s full-time drummer. Salih was active in twenty-one pilots between 2009 to 2011.
Chris Salih has been married to Krista Salih since 2014 and they have three sons, Anderson, Rigs, and Otto Elms born on September 18, 2020.
Chris Salih’s Biography
The drummer was born in Texas, the United States on 18 September 1985. He is originally from Columbus. Like many famous people, Chris Salih has kept details about himself private.
Reasons why Chris Salih left Twenty One Pilots
The drummer later opened up as to why he left the band as a result of financial pressures. He said he had responsibilities and bills to settle so he needed a full-time job so he left the band. Also, his parents especially his father, told him to get it was time for him to get a full-time job.
Salih said in a statement he wrote in 2011 that there were financial needs in his family so it was purely a financial decision. He added that if he had continued playing with twenty-one pilots, it means he disregarded his parents, who had cosigned on his student loan.
Here Are 7 Amazing Facts About Chris Salih
1. Chris Salih is a carpenter
Chris Salih later moved on to become a carpenter after he left Twenty pilots in 2011, he works for a company known as Elmwood Custom Goods. Aside from that, nothing much about what he is currently doing to known.
2. His friends/former bandmates served as attendants at his wedding
During his wedding, his former bandmate, Tyler joseph alongside Twenty One Pilots producer, mark Eshleman, and also his former roommate, Josh Sinclair all served as attendants at his wedding in 2014.
3. How he and his ex-bandmates named their group
The band was formed for the purpose of making people think deeply. Their music was aimed at encouraging people to find joy in what they believe in life. The band’s name is of literary origins.
Salih and his friends started the band but didn’t have a name for it so they came up with Twenty One Pilots from Arthur millers’ play all my sons, where a businessman sells faulty airplane parts during world war 2 resulting in the death of 21 US servicemen. Salih revealed the name of the band wasn’t the first idea for their title but it stuck anyway. Names such as “bicycle thief” and “chill coat” were among some of the rejected band names.
4. Salih revealed he’s sickened by the knowledge that Joseph Tyler deleted some songs
He revealed how disappointed he felt when he discovered that the frontman of Twenty One Pilots, joseph Tyler had deleted some music that he referred to as “genius” Joseph was said to have written the songs earlier in his career.
5. Salih appeared on the band’s self-titled album before he left
In their early days, the band released a cover of Christina Perri’s “Jar Hearts” which is unofficially on SoundCloud.
The former drummer and fellow ex-bandmate, Nick Thomas were both on the group’s 2009 self-titled album. But by the time the follow-up ‘Regional at Best’ was released two years later, Salih and Thomas were long gone.
Twenty-One Pilots later became a musical duo best known for the singles, “Stressed Out”, “Ride” and “heathens”. The group has received a Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 59th annual Grammy Awards for their single, “Stressed Out”.
6. His social media presence
Salih is active on Instagram and Twitter, where constantly shares photos of his lovely family and also posts on his work as a carpenter. He has 12.6k followers on Instagram and 8,031 followers on Twitter. He shares on Twitter that it is the platform for him to share his shortcomings, defeats, and mishaps.
7. Chris Salih’s wife is the principal of Jazzercise
Krista Salih is the owner of a fitness center known as Jazzercise. It is situated in Blacklick, OH, United States. Jazzercise has 3 total employees across all its location and generates up to $35,739.
