The project was formed in 2011 by Luis Dubuc after his previous project, The Secret Handshake, was dissolved. Dubuc initially announced the project on August 8, 2011 via the Mystery Skull's official Tumblr account, where they posted a video of the song Amazing. He later followed this post with a 5 song EP on December 30, 2011. Since then Mystery Skulls has performed in multiple college towns, signed with Warner Music Group, and has collaborated with multiple artists such as Brandy Norwood and Nile Rodgers. Dubuc continues to perform shows across the country.
Luis Dubuc started out as a drummer for the metal band Thirty Called Arson. Luis felt restrained by playing only music that was aggressive. After being a spectator at concert put on by Mouse On Mars, he purchased a Macintosh computer and experimented with electronic sounds. Dubuc made his first album Antarctica using the moniker The Secret Handshake. The next year, after releasing This Is Bigger Than You And I, Dubuc began composing his next album. After writing all of the songs, Luis spent August 2006 recording the album in his friend's apartment. Since then, his album One Full Year was released through Triple Crown Records and has sold almost 18 000 copies. After Dubuc finished touring in support of One Full Year, Dubuc came out with My Name Up In Lights in 2009 and Night & Day, a departure from his electronica music in favor of a Motown-influenced neo-soul sound, in 2010. In 2011, Dubuc put The Secret Handshake to sleep and began to make music under the name Mystery Skulls. In 2013, Mystery Skulls signed with Warner Bros. Records. He is currently working on the Mystery Skulls debut album and collaborating with Nile Rodgers, Adam Lambert, and Avicii.
"Ben Mangum" (more commonly referred as "Mystery Ben") is the creator and lead animator of Mystery Skulls Animated. He previously went by the alias "Pyro Wolf" and ran Cyber Moon Studios, an amateur internet animation group.
