 In the summer of 1977 they started renting a practice room at Brendan Mullen's Masque, and played at the very first parties and shows at the Masque.This line up, in fact, existed just as long as the second line up with Billy Bones, if not longer.In October 1977, the original Skulls line up split, with the musicians going on to form Death By Death with Margaret Guzman on vocals.