Masked Intruder
Masked Intruder performing in September 2014; from left to right: Intruder Green, Intruder Red (off-camera) Intruder Blue and Intruder Yellow
Masked Intruder performing in September 2014; from left to right: Intruder Green, Intruder Red (off-camera) Intruder Blue and Intruder Yellow
Background information
OriginMadison, Wisconsin, United States
Genres
Years active2010–present
Labels
MembersIntruder Blue
Intruder Green
Intruder Red
Officer Bradford
Intruder Purple
Past membersIntruder Yellow (in Jail)[6][7]
Websitewww.maskedintruderband.com

Masked Intruder is an anonymous American punk rock band from Madison, Wisconsin, United States.[5]

The members of the band are Intruder Yellow (bass, backing vocals), Intruder Green (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Intruder Red (drums, backing vocals), and Intruder Blue (lead vocals, lead guitar). The band claims Intruder Yellow is currently in jail.[6][7] They are known for wearing different colored ski masks and shoes on stage, using color-coded instruments, and never revealing their identities in publicity photos. They are also known for their early pop punk sound with their fast-paced songs, usually about love.[8] Their self-titled debut album was released by Red Scare in 2012 and then re-released by Fat Wreck Chords in 2013.[9] When live and sometimes in videos, Masked Intruder is watched by Officer Bradford, a cop who acts as a hypeman for the band and a plot device for the band's music videos.[10][11]

History

Formation and Masked Intruder (2010-2013)

Intruder Blue and Intruder Green claim to have met and formed the band while in jail.[12] The band has claimed their first show was at Woof's in their hometown of Madison, Wisconsin.[13]

M.I. era (2014-2018)

III and recent activity (2019-present)

Masked Intruder were included in the exhibits on display at the Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas, while Intruder Blue also gave guided tours in April 2023.[14]

Following continued questioning on if the band was still together, Blue made a post on the band's Facebook page giving an update on their activities on April 22, 2023. In the post he claimed that the band was still together, but that multiple complications have halted their activities. Additionally, he also confirmed that they were writing new music, and that it will be released when the time is right.[15]

Band members

Current members

Former members

Touring members

  • Officer Bradford [23][20] - hypeman (2010-present)
  • Intruder Purple[24][25] - bass, backing vocals (2019-present)

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

  • Incriminating Evidence: 2011 Demos[27] (2011, self-released)
    • Re-released on Red Scare Industries
  • First Offence (2012, Red Scare Industries, Hang Up Records)[28]
  • Masked Intruder/The Turkletons (2012, Hang Up Records, split with The Turkletons)[29]
  • The Wedding 7" (2013, Solidarity Recordings, split with Dan Vapid and the Cheats)[30]
  • Red Scare Across America (2013, Red Scare Industries, split with Elway and Sam Russo)[31]
  • Under the Mistletoe 7" (2013, Fat Wreck Chords: 7", Red Scare Industries: digital format)[32]
  • Love and Other Crimes (2016, Pure Noise Records)[33][17]

Singles

Year Title Album/EP
2012 "Stick ‘Em Up (I Have A Knife)"
First Offense
2014 "The Most Beautiful Girl"[34]
M.I.
"Take What I Want"[35]
Love and Other Crimes
2019 "No Case"[36][26]
III
"Please Come Back To Me"[37][38]
"All of My Love"[39]

Compilation albums

Title Album details
III Turbo[40][41][42]
  • Released: July 14, 2020[42]
  • Label: Pure Noise[42]
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Compilation appearances

  • Our Lips Are Sealed: A Tribute to the Go Go's (2013, Solidarity Recordings)
    • Features the non-album track "We Got the Beat"
  • Red Scare Industries: 10 Years of Your Dumb Bullshit (2014, Red Scare Records)
    • Features the track "I Don't Mind"[43]
  • Fat Music Vol. 8 Going Nowhere Fat (2015, Fat Wreck Chords)
    • Features the track "The Most Beautiful Girl"[44]

Music videos

  • "I Don't Wanna Be Alone Tonight"[45] (2013)
  • "Crime Spree"[46] (2014)
  • "The Most Beautiful Girl"[47] (2014, Lyric Video)
  • "Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt"[48] (2016)
  • "First Star Tonight"[49] (2017)
  • "No Case"[50] (2019)
  • "All of My Love"[51][52] (2019)

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
Unknown Chic-a-Go-Go[53] Themselves Performed the song "Unrequited Love"

References

  1. ↑ "Masked Intruder mix pop-punk and lawbreaking - Isthmus | Madison, Wisconsin". Isthmus. March 2012.
  2. ↑ Vigil, Ricky (15 February 2013). "Review: Masked Intruder – Self-Titled – SLUG Magazine". Retrieved December 7, 2020 – via SLUG Magazine. Masked Intruder create sugary-sweet pop punk, but with the conceit that they are a quartet of home invaders, girl stalkers and general miscreants—it's really quite brilliant, actually.
  3. ↑ "MASKED INTRUDER | Masked Intruder". Retrieved December 7, 2020 – via Bandcamp. Up until now, the only thing these four crooks were good at making was toilet wine in the joint, but we sent them into Atlas Studios to record with Matt Allison (Alkaline Trio, Less Than Jake, Smoking Popes, etc) and out came a pop-punk/power-pop masterpiece.
  4. 1 2 "Masked Intruder | Biography, Albums, Streaming Links". Retrieved January 5, 2021 – via AllMusic.
  5. 1 2 "Bands: Fat Wreck Chords". FatWreck.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  6. 1 2 INTRUDER, MASKED (September 24, 2019). "DEAR @kirstendunst, SORRY I HAVEN'T WRITTEN IN A WHILE!! MY FRIEND GOT LOCKED UP (#FREEYELLOW) AND LIFE'S JUST BUSY, YOU KNOW? ANYWAYS, I LOVE YOU STILL. WE'RE PLAYING YOUR HOME STATE OF NEW JERSEY TONIGHT! YOU'RE ON THE GUEST LIST W/ ALL ACCESS, FYI. XOXO -BLUE". Twitter.
  7. 1 2 "MASKED INTRUDER on Twitter: "THEY LOVE US... DEEP DOWN. #FreeYellow MADISON TONIGHT!!!… "". Archived from the original on 2019-10-19. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  8. ↑ "In Love with Girls and Afraid of Spiders: An Interview with Masked Intruder". TheStranger.com. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  9. 1 2 3 "Bands: Fat Wreck Chords". FatWreck.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2020. Their self-titled debut full length was originally released in the summer of 2012 on Red Scare, and is slated for re-release on Fat Wreck Chords February 5, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Officer Bradford (Masked Intruder)". Retrieved December 15, 2020 – via YouTube.
  11. ↑ "Masked Intruder - Stick 'Em Up/I Don't Want to Say Goodbye to You Tonight LIVE @ at The Hi Hat". Retrieved December 15, 2020 – via YouTube.
  12. ↑ "Masked Intruder: Petty Thieves, Great Punk Rock Band". MTVHive.com. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  13. ↑ "10 Things You Didn't Know: MASKED INTRUDER". Retrieved January 22, 2021 – via YouTube.
  14. ↑ Hatfield, Amanda (December 21, 2022). "Punk Rock Museum reveals opening date and guided tours with punk legends". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  15. ↑ "Masked Intruder on Facebook". Facebook. April 22, 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  16. ↑ "Blue | Discography | Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 Love and Other Crimes (Booklet). Masked Intruder. Pure Noise Records. 2016.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 III (Booklet). Masked Intruder. Pure Noise Records. 2019.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  19. ↑ "Green | Discography | Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  20. 1 2 3 4 "Love and Other Crimes - Masked Intruder | Credits". Retrieved January 5, 2021 – via AllMusic.
  21. ↑ "Red | Discography | Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  22. ↑ "Yellow | Discography | Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  23. ↑ "My First Band: Officer Bradford (Masked Intruder)". 29 March 2019. Retrieved December 15, 2020 – via Milwaukee Record. Jackson Bradford might have the most interesting job in music. The Milwaukee native spends at least half of each year wearing a cop costume and short-shorts while sporting a mustache as part of his lovable "heel with a switch" character that Masked Intruder fans know as "Officer Bradford."
  24. ↑ "Masked Intruder on Instagram: "WE'RE SO STOKED TO HAVE @intruderpurple WITH US WHILE YELLOW IS IN LOCK UP! SHE'S KILLING IT ON THE STAGE, AND WITH THE LADIES!". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25. Retrieved January 22, 2021 – via Instagram.
  25. ↑ "Intruder Purple Speaks out to help Healthcare Workers". Retrieved December 15, 2020 – via YouTube.
  26. 1 2 "Masked Intruder announce new album + release "No Case"". Substream Magazine. 8 January 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  27. ↑ "Incriminating Evidence: 2011 Demos". Open.spotify.com. 12 February 2011.
  28. ↑ "First Offense". Spotify. 6 March 2012.
  29. ↑ "Split EP with Masked Intruder, The Turkletons". Spotify. 26 July 2012.
  30. ↑ "Dan Vapid and the Cheats and Masked Intruder to release split". Punknews.org.
  31. ↑ "Red Scare Across America: 2013". Open.spotify.com. 9 July 2013.
  32. ↑ "Under the Mistletoe". Open.spotify.com. 26 November 2013.
  33. ↑ "Love and Other Crimes". Open.spotify.com. 8 July 2016.
  34. ↑ "Masked Intruder - The Most Beautiful Girl (Official Lyric Video)". YouTube. Retrieved 21 September 2020. First single off of their second album M.I., these repeat offenders are picking up right where they left off, laying down 13 tracks of polished, hook-laden power-pop that's so catchy it's criminal.
  35. ↑ "Take What I Want". Spotify. 22 April 2016.
  36. ↑ "No Case". Spotify. 8 January 2019.
  37. ↑ "Please Come Back To Me". Spotify. 30 January 2019.
  38. ↑ "Music: Masked Intruder: "Please Come Back To Me"". Retrieved January 17, 2021 – via Punknews.org.
  39. ↑ "All of My Love". Spotify. 20 February 2019.
  40. ↑ "III Turbo". Spotify. 14 July 2020.
  41. ↑ "MASKED INTRUDER on Twitter: " SUPER MASKED INTRUDER III TURBO IS OUT NOW!!" / Twitter". Retrieved December 15, 2020 – via Twitter.
  42. 1 2 3 "III Turbo | Masked Intruder | Pure Noise Records". Retrieved December 27, 2020 – via Bandcamp.
  43. ↑ "I Don't Mind". 9 September 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2020 – via Spotify.
  44. ↑ "The Most Beautiful Girl". 7 August 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2020 – via Spotify.
  45. ↑ "Masked Intruder - "I Dont Wanna Be Alone Tonight" (official)". YouTube. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  46. ↑ "Masked Intruder - "Crime Spree"". YouTube. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  47. ↑ "Masked Intruder - "The Most Beautiful Girl"". YouTube. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  48. ↑ "Masked Intruder "Beyond a Shadow of A Doubt" Official Music Video". YouTube. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  49. ↑ "Masked Intruder "First Star Tonight" Official Music Video". YouTube. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  50. ↑ "Masked Intruder "No Case"". YouTube. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  51. ↑ "Masked Intruder "All of My Love"". YouTube. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  52. ↑ "Masked Intruder release new video". Retrieved January 17, 2021 – via Punknews.org.
  53. ↑ "Masked Intruder on CHic-A-Go-Go". Retrieved December 15, 2020 – via YouTube.
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