[1][2] The two are also known as the founding members of the synthpop comedy band Total Ghost, a group for which they won best music video at the Festivus film festival in Denver, Colorado.

[3][4][5] Evan and Adam Nix were born in Denver, though spent most of their life growing up in Boulder City, Nevada, a town 20 miles outside of Las Vegas.

The two were self-described hoodlums growing up, who were once caught breaking into a housing development that was under construction, causing thousands of dollars worth of damage by gluing windows shut, and "throwing things down the stairs and just beating it up.

Working with friend Nathan Lund from Las Vegas, the duo filmed the documentary-style video Rainbow Chasers, a comedy that spoofs storm-chasing meteorologists.

[10] In April 2014, The Nix brothers released Mile High, a video short on Funny Or Die that depicts the effects of the recent legalization of cannabis in their home town of Denver, Colorado.