{{Short description|American punk rock band}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Masked Intruder | image = Masked Intruder.JPG | landscape = yes | caption = Masked Intruder performing in September 2014; from left to right: Intruder Green, Intruder Red (off-camera) Intruder Blue and Intruder Yellow | origin = Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. | genre = {{flatlist| * Punk rock * pop punk<ref name=Isthmus>{{cite web|url=https://isthmus.com/music/masked-intruder-mix-pop-punk-and-lawbreaking/|title=Masked Intruder mix pop-punk and lawbreaking - Isthmus {{!}} Madison, Wisconsin |date=March 2012 |publisher=Isthmus}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.slugmag.com/music/reviews-music/national-music-reviews/review-masked-intruder-self-titled|title=Review: Masked Intruder – Self-Titled – SLUG Magazine|quote=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.|access-date=December 7, 2020|first=Ricky|last=Vigil|date=15 February 2013|via=SLUG Magazine}}</ref><ref name=AllMusic>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/masked-intruder-mn0003052767|title=Masked Intruder {{!}} Biography, Albums, Streaming Links|access-date=January 5, 2021|via=AllMusic}}</ref> * power pop<ref name=AllMusic/> }} | years_active = 2010–present | label = {{flatlist| * Pure Noise * Fat Wreck Chords<ref name=fat/> * Red Scare * Solidarity * Hang Up }} | website = {{URL|maskedintruderband.com}} | current_members = * Intruder Blue * Intruder Green * Intruder Red * Officer Bradford * Intruder Purple | past_members = Intruder Yellow (in Jail)<ref name=jail /><ref name=jail2 /> }}
'''Masked Intruder''' is an anonymous American rock band from Madison, Wisconsin.<ref name=fat>{{cite web |url=http://www.fatwreck.com/band/index/106 |title=Bands: Fat Wreck Chords |website=FatWreck.com |access-date=22 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804004357/http://www.fatwreck.com/band/index/106 |archive-date=4 August 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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.<ref name=jail>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/maskedintruder1/status/1176592285775126534|title=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|first=MASKED|last=INTRUDER|website=Twitter|date=September 24, 2019}}</ref><ref name=jail2>{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/maskedintruder1/status/1185240280833888257 |title=MASKED INTRUDER on Twitter: "THEY LOVE US... DEEP DOWN. #FreeYellow MADISON TONIGHT!!!… " |access-date=2020-03-27 |archive-date=2019-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019115759/https://twitter.com/maskedintruder1/status/1185240280833888257 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref name=stranger>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/in-love-with-girls-and-afraid-of-spiders/Content?oid=17386629 |title=In Love with Girls and Afraid of Spiders: An Interview with Masked Intruder |website=TheStranger.com |access-date=22 August 2013}}</ref> Their self-titled debut album was released by Red Scare in 2012 and then re-released by Fat Wreck Chords in 2013.<ref name=album>{{cite web |url=http://www.fatwreck.com/band/index/106 |title=Bands: Fat Wreck Chords |website=FatWreck.com |access-date=November 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804004357/http://www.fatwreck.com/band/index/106 |quote= 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.|archive-date=4 August 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsRdd8y9x0s|title=Officer Bradford (Masked Intruder)|date=29 September 2014 |access-date=December 15, 2020|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnrbJc_DITc|title=Masked Intruder - Stick 'Em Up/I Don't Want to Say Goodbye to You Tonight LIVE @ at The Hi Hat|access-date=December 15, 2020|via=YouTube}}</ref>
==History== {{needs expansion|date=March 2026}} ===Formation and ''Masked Intruder'' (2010–2013)=== Intruder Blue and Intruder Green claim to have met and formed the band while in jail.<ref name=mtv>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2699213/masked-intruder/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214210116/http://www.mtv.com/news/2699213/masked-intruder/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 14, 2016 |title=Masked Intruder: Petty Thieves, Great Punk Rock Band |website=MTVHive.com |access-date=7 April 2019}}</ref> The band has claimed their first show was at The Frequency in their hometown of Madison, Wisconsin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVQNa9Nj_BQ|title=10 Things You Didn't Know: MASKED INTRUDER|date=29 November 2020 |access-date=January 22, 2021|via=YouTube}}</ref>
===''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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hatfield |first=Amanda |date=December 21, 2022 |title=Punk Rock Museum reveals opening date and guided tours with punk legends |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/punk-rock-museum-reveals-opening-date-and-guided-tours-with-punk-legends/ |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=BrooklynVegan |language=en}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 22, 2023 |title=Masked Intruder on Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/maskedintruder/posts/799375891544936 |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Facebook |language=en}}</ref>
==Band members== === Current members === * Intruder Blue<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1393425-Blue-36|title=Blue {{!}} Discography {{!}} Discogs|publisher=Discogs|access-date=November 27, 2020}}</ref> - lead vocals, lead guitar {{small|(2010–present)}}<ref name=LoveBooklet>{{cite AV media notes|title=Love and Other Crimes |others=Masked Intruder |year=2016 |type=Booklet |publisher=Pure Noise Records}}</ref><ref name=IIIBooklet>{{cite AV media notes|title=III |others=Masked Intruder |year=2019 |type=Booklet |publisher=Pure Noise Records}}</ref> * Intruder Green<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/2805155-Green-32|title=Green {{!}} Discography {{!}} Discogs|publisher=Discogs|access-date=November 27, 2020}}</ref><ref name=AllMusicCredits>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/love-and-other-crimes-mw0002941019/credits|title=Love and Other Crimes - Masked Intruder {{!}} Credits|access-date=January 5, 2021|via=AllMusic}}</ref> - rhythm guitar, backing vocals {{small|(2010–present)}}<ref name=LoveBooklet/><ref name=IIIBooklet/> * Intruder Red<ref name=AllMusicCredits/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/2805153-Red-62|title=Red {{!}} Discography {{!}} Discogs|publisher=Discogs|access-date=November 27, 2020}}</ref> - drums, backing vocals {{small|(2010–present)}}<ref name=LoveBooklet/><ref name=IIIBooklet/>
=== Former members === * Intruder Yellow (Jason Kalsow)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/3118198-Yellow-7|title=Yellow {{!}} Discography {{!}} Discogs|publisher=Discogs|access-date=November 27, 2020}}</ref><ref name=AllMusicCredits/> - bass, backing vocals {{small|(2010–2019)}}<ref name=LoveBooklet/><ref name=IIIBooklet/>
=== Touring members === * Officer Bradford (Jackson Bradford)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://milwaukeerecord.com/podcast/my-first-band-officer-bradford-masked-intruder|title=My First Band: Officer Bradford (Masked Intruder)|date=29 March 2019|access-date=December 15, 2020|via=Milwaukee Record|quote=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.”}}</ref><ref name=AllMusicCredits/> - hypeman {{small|(2010–present)}} * Intruder Purple<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BuwlATegGA-/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/maskedintruder/1995257383558864958 |archive-date=2021-12-25 |url-access=registration|title=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!|access-date=January 22, 2021|via=Instagram}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3deovnVjk8|title=Intruder Purple Speaks out to help Healthcare Workers|date=14 April 2020 |access-date=December 15, 2020|via=YouTube}}</ref> - bass, backing vocals {{small|(2019–present)}}
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==Discography== ===Studio albums=== * ''Masked Intruder'' (2012, Red Scare Industries)<ref name=album/> **Re-released on Fat Wreck Chords in 2013<ref name=album/> * ''M.I.'' (2014, Fat Wreck Chords) *''III'' (2019, Pure Noise Records)<ref name=III>{{Cite web|url=https://substreammagazine.com/2019/01/masked-intruder-album-announcement-2019|title=Masked Intruder announce new album + release "No Case"|website=Substream Magazine|date=8 January 2019|access-date=November 27, 2020}}</ref><ref name=IIIBooklet/> *''[Super Masked Intruder] III Turbo'' (2020, Pure Noise Records)
===Extended plays=== * ''Incriminating Evidence: 2011 Demos''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/7yOERBMNnJRE5x2IuCxlMl|title=Incriminating Evidence: 2011 Demos|website=Open.spotify.com|date=12 February 2011}}</ref> (2011, self-released) ** Re-released on Red Scare Industries * ''First Offence'' (2012, Red Scare Industries, Hang Up Records)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/5U9iC8iT3WVyeRXEvsotzp|title=First Offense|website=Spotify|date=6 March 2012}}</ref> * ''Masked Intruder/The Turkletons'' (2012, Hang Up Records, split with The Turkletons)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/3B6qJFQypASwROjzU6MTFB|title=Split EP with Masked Intruder, The Turkletons|website=Spotify|date=26 July 2012}}</ref> * ''The Wedding 7"'' (2013, Solidarity Recordings, split with Dan Vapid and the Cheats)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/50165/dan-vapid-and-the-cheats-and-masked-intruder-to-release-split|title=Dan Vapid and the Cheats and Masked Intruder to release split|website=Punknews.org|date=4 January 2013 }}</ref> * ''Red Scare Across America'' (2013, Red Scare Industries, split with Elway and Sam Russo)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/4rEc4VWZ6oxQYPpWuXgQog|title=Red Scare Across America: 2013|website=Open.spotify.com|date=9 July 2013}}</ref> * ''Under the Mistletoe 7"'' (2013, Fat Wreck Chords: 7", Red Scare Industries: digital format)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/5N5QnwWp79kzpJopeezGjG|title=Under the Mistletoe|website=Open.spotify.com|date=26 November 2013}}</ref> * ''Love and Other Crimes'' (2016, Pure Noise Records)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/3P9rvRn1UQG0mRZlqS9aiZ|title=Love and Other Crimes|website=Open.spotify.com|date=8 July 2016}}</ref><ref name=LoveBooklet/>
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Album/EP |- |2012 |"Stick ‘Em Up (I Have A Knife)" |{{Center|''First Offense''}} |- | rowspan="2" |2014 |"The Most Beautiful Girl"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94n6Z9014|title=Masked Intruder - The Most Beautiful Girl (Official Lyric Video)|date=6 May 2014 |quote=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.|publisher=YouTube|access-date=21 September 2020}}</ref> |{{Center|''M.I.''}} |- |"Take What I Want"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/0CzCXpC1WpWzbS5Rpx8ee6|title=Take What I Want|website=Spotify|date=22 April 2016}}</ref> |{{Center|''Love and Other Crimes''}} |- | rowspan="3" |2019 |"No Case"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/6ORYoGNAN57TQrcPbiMKdk|title=No Case|website=Spotify|date=8 January 2019}}</ref><ref name=III/> | rowspan="3" |{{Center|''III''}} |- |"Please Come Back To Me"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/0z6reeezL9SvksFPR4Nh1r|title=Please Come Back To Me|website=Spotify|date=30 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/69038/media-masked-intruder-please-come-back-to-me|title=Music: Masked Intruder: "Please Come Back To Me"|date=30 January 2019 |access-date=January 17, 2021|via=Punknews.org}}</ref> |- |"All of My Love"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/1ksf22MBSWqKcPA06w7Ph2?si=bvsxuFLERwu7Cx0J1CGv2g|title=All of My Love|website=Spotify|date=20 February 2019}}</ref> |- |}
===Compilation albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:23em;"| Album details |- !''III Turbo''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/0UuDuW9AOUQgfoXz0IHysq?si=_408lO4kSTGrclTwowJqKQ|title=III Turbo|website=Spotify|date=14 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/maskedintruder1/status/1283065998334144514|title=MASKED INTRUDER on Twitter: " SUPER MASKED INTRUDER III TURBO IS OUT NOW!!" / Twitter|access-date=December 15, 2020|via=Twitter}}</ref><ref name=iiiturbo>{{cite web|url=https://purenoise.bandcamp.com/album/iii-turbo|title=III Turbo {{!}} Masked Intruder {{!}} Pure Noise Records|access-date=December 27, 2020|via=Bandcamp}}</ref> | * Released: July 14, 2020<ref name=iiiturbo/> * Label: Pure Noise<ref name=iiiturbo/> * 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"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/track/2MjeZu2BgMw1GgeRgrkUoI?si=TXKrjWOwTxqNftQersv8eQ|title=I Don't Mind|date=9 September 2014|access-date=December 15, 2020|via=Spotify}}</ref> * ''Fat Music Vol. 8 Going Nowhere Fat'' (2015, Fat Wreck Chords) **Features the track "The Most Beautiful Girl"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/track/3dtT7xWqOdD6diKGdM3ujt?si=j6mYMhBLRxK0hQ8g3-_7lA|title=The Most Beautiful Girl|date=7 August 2015|access-date=December 15, 2020|via=Spotify}}</ref>
===Music videos=== * "I Don't Wanna Be Alone Tonight"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGWLJz0a0YA|title=Masked Intruder - "I Dont Wanna Be Alone Tonight" (official)|date=11 July 2013 |publisher=YouTube|access-date=21 September 2020}}</ref> (2013) * "Crime Spree"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWzaob3Yo9A&t=56s|title=Masked Intruder - "Crime Spree"|date=11 December 2014 |publisher=YouTube|access-date=21 September 2020}}</ref> (2014) * "The Most Beautiful Girl"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94n6Z9014|title=Masked Intruder - "The Most Beautiful Girl"|date=6 May 2014 |publisher=YouTube|access-date=21 September 2020}}</ref> (2014, Lyric Video) * "Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOPAt6W76sM|title=Masked Intruder "Beyond a Shadow of A Doubt" Official Music Video|date=27 May 2016 |publisher=YouTube|access-date=21 September 2020}}</ref> (2016) * "First Star Tonight"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvUZ6yIVDP4|title=Masked Intruder "First Star Tonight" Official Music Video|date=2 February 2017 |publisher=YouTube|access-date=21 September 2020}}</ref> (2017) * "No Case"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro72ES3e3Bo|title=Masked Intruder "No Case"|date=8 January 2019 |publisher=YouTube|access-date=21 September 2020}}</ref> (2019) * "All of My Love"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b01PaPmADOE|title=Masked Intruder "All of My Love"|date=19 February 2019 |publisher=YouTube|access-date=21 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/69209/masked-intruder-release-new-video|title=Masked Intruder release new video|date=21 February 2019 |access-date=January 17, 2021|via=Punknews.org}}</ref> (2019)
==Filmography== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |{{N/A|Unknown}} |''Chic-a-Go-Go''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDMLkFOI7pU|title=Masked Intruder on CHic-A-Go-Go|date=17 October 2013 |access-date=December 15, 2020|via=YouTube}}</ref> |Themselves |Performed the song "Unrequited Love" |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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