In a night full of big moments, theirs was the one that dropped jaws and pants.
The Columbus-raised members of Twenty One Pilots 'dropped trou' on national television as they claimed their Grammy award Sunday night.
Believe it or not, it was all part of a shout-out to their hometown: "This story, it starts in Columbus, Ohio."
Before they were Twenty One Pilots, they were Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun of Columbus.
Dun was a 2006 graduate of Tree of Life Christian Schools, where staff tell 10TV he took an early interest in music.
Joseph was in the class of 2008 at Worthington Christian, where he was known for something else.
"He graduated as a member of our state runner-up basketball team," said Worthington Christian Head of School Troy McIntosh. "And when he turned down opportunities to play basketball in college to start a band, there were a few people with raised eyebrows like, 'What is he thinking?'"
"He did a show for us in The Basement, as Twenty One Pilots, and it did 100 and some people," said Scott Steinecker, President of PromoWest Productions.
He booked Twenty One Pilots at some of their earliest local gigs, from the Newport to eventually the Schottenstein Center. But the beginnings were humble. Steinecker says in 2009, Tyler Joseph worked in guest services at what was then the LC Pavilion.
The band The Killers, led by singer Brandon Flowers, had just performed, and Joseph was handed a rake, and assigned cleanup duty. but Steinecker says he had something else in mind, getting on stage.
"And he said, 'You know what, I want to be the next Brandon Flowers," Steinecker said. "And he handed (the rake) back to Liz and he quit. So we were like, 'He wants to be the next Brandon Flowers. Yeah, OK. And lo and behold, he's bigger than Brandon Flowers!"
But Steinecker said Joseph and Dun never lost their connection to Columbus, even filming the video for their hit "Stressed Out" in the neighborhoods where they grew up.
And it was that connection, sitting in Columbus, watching the Grammy's in their underwear, that inspired their Staples Center striptease.
"And seriously, Josh turned to me — and we were no one at that time — and he said, If we ever go to the Grammy's, if we ever win a Grammy, we should receive it just like this," said Joseph in his Grammy acceptance speech. "I want everyone who is watching at home to know that you could be next. So watch out, okay. Because anyone from anywhere can do anything. And this is that."
Twenty One Pilots' album "Blurryface" topped sales of one million last summer.
Those who spoke with 10TV said even in the face of such success, Joseph and Dun stay grounded, humble and close to their families, who still live in central Ohio.