The Golden Horde (band)

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The Golden Horde (1982 - 1994) was a psychedelic pop, rock, punk band based in Dublin, Ireland.

Their first recording, Dig That Crazy Grave, was released in 1983 on the Hotwire record label. Their next album, The Chocolate Biscuit Conspiracy!, followed in 1985, and included spoken contributions from futurist and satirist Robert Anton Wilson. The album '...in Reality' followed this in 1986.

The late 1980s saw the release of a number of Golden Horde side projects & contributions: 'The Last Bandits', 'Aidan Walsh - Master of the Universe' ^[1], an unreleased 3rd studio album produced by Paul Thomas^[2] (U2, Clannad), as well as unreleased recordings by producer Denny Cordell (The Cranberries, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Procol Harum).

In 1990, now with the U2's Mother/Island Records label, their '100 Boys' single was recorded with Daniel Rey (Ramones, Ronnie Spector), and along with Andy Shernoff, they began recordings for the album that would be called simply 'The Golden Horde'. The music videos for '100 Boys' and 'Friends in Time' were directed by Ritchie Smith, who was later drafted to work on the videos 'The Fly', 'Even Better Than the Real Thing', 'Mysterious Ways', 'Until the End of the World' and 'Last Night on Earth' for U2, and work for 'The Verve' amongst others.

Released in 1991, the self-titled album by the Golden Horde was voted joint #1 record with U2's 'Achtung Baby' in the 'Hot Press Music Awards'^[3] of that year. Singer Maria McKee, contributed vocals to the song "Friends in Time" amongst others on this album. The Golden Horde disbanded in 1994.

Ex-member Sam Steiger is now with The Sultans of Ping FC, John Connor has a solo project called messyheads^[4], and Peter O'Kennedy has moved into sculpture and design.^[5]