Mystery (band)
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| Origin | Quebec, Canada |
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| Years active | 1986–present |
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| Website | www |
| Members | Michel St-Père François Fournier Sylvain Moineau Jean-Sébastien Goyette Jean Pageau Antoine Michaud |
| Past members | Sylvain Desharnais Raymond Savoie Stéphane Perreault Benoît Dupuis Gary Savoie Richard Addison Patrick Bourque Michel Painchaud Steve Gagné Anne Charbonneau Benoît David |
Mystery (often stylized as MYSTERY) is a Canadian rock band formed in 1986 by multi-instrumentalist Michel St-Père. The band released their eponymous debut EP in 1992 with Raymond and Gary Savoie on lead vocals, followed by their first album Theatre of the Mind in 1996 and Destiny? in 1998, both with Gary on lead vocals. In 2007 the band released their third album Beneath the Veil of Winter's Face with singer Benoît David who would record two more studio albums with the band: One Among the Living in 2010 and The World is a Game in 2012. On November 1, 2015 the band released their sixth album Delusion Rain with current singer Jean Pageau.
Mystery's current line-up is Michel St-Père, bassist François Fournier, guitarist Sylvain Moineau, drummer Jean-Sébastien Goyette, singer Jean Pageau and keyboardist Antoine Michaud.
Mystery was formed in 1986 by Michel St-Père who at the time was working at Studio Illusion as a sound engineer. The band was originally named Century, but was renamed to Mystery when it was discovered there was a band in France already called Century. It took several years for a stable lineup to form, but by 1990 a lineup formed featuring St-Père on guitars, along with Stéphane Perreault on drums, Raymond Savoie on vocals, and Benoît Dupuis on keyboards. In 1991 the band began recording their first EP. Richard Addison joined the band in 1991 on bass and Gary Savoie, Raymond's brother, became the lead singer in winter of that year. Mystery released their debut EP in March 1992 with both Raymond and Gary on vocals. This EP is currently the only Mystery album that is out of print.
Perreault was taken ill with a crippling illness in 1991 which led to a hiatus until autumn of 1993, at which point the band regrouped. Recording started on the band's first full-length album Theatre of the Mind in winter of 1994. After finishing his parts for the album, Addison left the band and was replaced by Patrick Bourque, who had played bass on "Rythmizomena" on Theatre of the Mind. Michel Painchaud also joined the band on saxophone and acoustic guitar. In 1995, the band was reduced to four members when Dupuis and Painchaud left. To help promote the new album's release in 1996, St-Père created his own record label, Unicorn Digital, on which all of Mystery's recordings from this point onward would be released. With the release of Theatre of the Mind the band was able to reach a wider audience outside of their home in Canada.
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