THE INTRUDERS #1
Let's start with some food-obsessed (they also had a tune called Frankfurters And Sauerkraut) New Jersey rock 'n' rollers from the late 50s, on the ironically named Fame record label.
THE INTRUDERS #2
Forgotten lights of the Philly soul sound, these guys started as a doo wop band in 1960 but went on to become the first group to score hits with songs written and produced by the superstar team of Gamble & Huff. This was their biggest hit, from 1968...
The Intruders - Cowboys To Girls
THE INTRUDERS #3
1963 surf instrumental from a bunch of Intruders who also acted as the backing band for one Jackie Powers... Austin's cousin, presumably.
That's not how I'd spell trombone.
THE INTRUDERS #4
High school students from Schenectady (bless you) in 1964...
The Intruders - What Kind Of Girl Are You?
THE INTRUDERS #5
More rad surfer dudes from 1965...
THE INTRUDERS #6
I'm starting to sense a theme here...
THE INTRUDERS #7
Mid-60s US pop act from Tucson, Arizona who went on to become The Dearly Beloved...
THE INTRUDERS #8
Garage rockers from St. Louis who met while working together as file clerks in the local hospital. Here they are in 1966...
THE INTRUDERS #9
Meanwhile, over in Illinois, around the same time the last lot were raunching it up, these guys were poised for greatness... until most of them were drafted to Vietnam in 1967.
The Intruders - Now That You Know
THE INTRUDERS #10
Also from Illinois, also in 1966, here's a different bunch of Intruders who counted among their members one Richard "Frog" Hull. He wasn't a real frog.
The Intruders - Bringin' Me Down
THE INTRUDERS #11
Reggae band from 1968, also known as The Crashers. Here, they're helped along by the Blenders and legendary Jaimaican producer Joe Gibbs...
(JP McCLAIN &) THE INTRUDERS #12
Classy power-popper from the late 70s / early 80s by the sound of it (hard to get an exact date as I can only find their songs on re-issued compilation albums). The lead singer went on to rescue Nakatomi Plaza from terrorists.
JP McClain & The Intruders - Baby Don't Laugh
INTRUDERS #13
Hilarious hair metal dudes from Fresno in 1986. The first 30 seconds of male voice choir is not representative of the rest of their act...
THE INTRUDERS #14
Dutch country band from 1986... though they appear to have still been going in '94 when this was recorded...
The Intruders - No Idea What The Song's Called
(MARKY RAMONE &) THE INTRUDERS #15
The man who replaced original drummer Tommy Ramone in... erm... The Ramones also had his own band of Intruders. Here they are in 1996, and they're thirsty...
Marky Ramone & The Intruders - I Wants My Beer
INTRUDERS #16
Tokyo punks from 2009...
Intruders - Cream Of The Crop (No Choice)
THE INTRUDERS #17
French Intruders from 2014. Sounds like the lead singer was a bad lad at school.
THE INTRUDERSS #18
Noisy Eastern Europeans from a decade or so ago. It's only two minutes long, but it may be the longest two minutes of your life. I'm guessing the SS wasn't accidental...
THE INTRUDERS #19
Much more palatable, here's some "dallamos punk-rock Mezőhegyesről!" That's melodic punk-rock from Mezőhegyes. (Hungary, 2021.)
INTRUDERS! #20
And finally, some jangly indie Intruders from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Not Bowie or the Jam, but not bad.
Intruders! - Absolute Beginners
Many other Intruders were identified, but not deemed worthy of further investigation.
Any take your fancy?
Bloody hell - 20 acts!
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That will keep George out of trouble
Do you think I've got nothing else to do today????????
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Delete#1 and #4 are not bad. #13 in the lead for worst record of the day.
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