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Biography
Primary sources|date=February 2012Infobox musical artist| name = Mystery| image =| landscape = Yes| background = group_or_band| origin = Montreal, Canada| genre = Progressive rock | years_active = 1986–1992 1993–present | label = Unicorn Digital , PAGI Records | associated_acts = Yes (band)|Yes , Emerson Drive , Spock's Beard | website = URL| http://www.unicorndigital.com/mystery/| current_members = Michel St-Père Benoît Dupuis Benoît David Francois Fournier Dean Baldwin| past_members = Stéphane Perreault Raymond Savoie Gary Savoie Steve Gagné Richard Addison Patrick Bourque Michel Painchaud Mystery are a Canadian Progressive Rock band formed in 1986 in Montreal by guitarist/keyboard player Michel St-Père.
Formation and First Three Albums
Originally the band had no stable lineup when it was formed in 1986, but in 1990 a lineup formed featuring St-Père on guitars, along with Raymond Savoie on vocals, Stephane Perreault on drums, and Benoît Dupuis on keyboards. This lineup, with Gary Savoie replacing Ray Savoie on vocals and bass player Richard Addison on bass guitar, was the first recording lineup of the band. This lineup recorded the band's Mystery_(Mystery_album)|first album . http://www.unicorndigital.com/mystery/bio.html
Stephane Perreault was taken ill with a crippling illness in 1992, which led to a hiatus until 1993, when the band regrouped. The band brought in new bass player Patrick Bourque to replace Addison, and Michel Painchaud joined on saxophone and acoustic guitar. In 1995, the band was reduced to four members when Dupuis and Painchaud left. This lineup not only recorded the band's second album, Theatre of the Mind (Mystery album)|Theatre of the Mind , but brought the band to an audience outside of Canada. http://www.unicorndigital.com/mystery/bio.html From this record onward, they are all on the label Unicorn Digital, which St-Père created. http://www.jerrylucky.com/interviews_015.htm
During the recording of the band's third album, entitled Destiny? , Stéphane Perreault left and was replaced by Steve Gagné. By the time it came to record the band's fourth album in 1999, singer Gary Savoie left due to musical differences.
A New Singer
After Gary Savoie left he was replaced by Benoît David , who Michel St-Père had met after a Yes tribute gig by David's then-band Close to the edge (band)|Close to the Edge . Benoît David later fronted Yes (band)|Yes (which he left in 2012) as well as Mystery. This lineup of the band continued until 2007 when the band's fourth album, '' Beneath the Veil of Winter's Face , was released. http://www.unicorndigital.com/mystery/bio.html Patrick Bourque passed away a few months after the albums release in September 2007, the cause of death was determined to be suicide. He was also a member of Emerson Drive up until a year before his death. http://www.kickmycountrifiedsoul.com/pat.html
Following the passing of Bourque, St-Père, David, and Gagné, soldiered on, hiring Francois Fournier to replace Bourque on bass, and bringing second guitarist Dean Baldwn to the fold. Former keyboard player Benoit Dupuis rejoined the band in his original role. This lineup has released the band's fifth album, One Among the Living . http://www.unicorndigital.com/mystery/musicians.html
Mystery will release their new album The World is a Game later in 2012. http://www.progmontreal.com/eng/interviews.html It was announced that Nick D'Virgilio would be recording all the drum tracks on the album. http://www.dprp.net/wp/? p=3680
Members
;Current lineup
Michel St-Père - guitars, keyboards, bass (1986-present)
