The Golden Horde (band)

"The Golden Horde are the group to break all rules, owing allegiance to none, sworn to weirdness & quite determined to steal every idea that ain't tied down...inestimably brilliant."

Golden Horde supporters maintain an internet presence across social media and fan sites, with rare, unreleased studio, and live performances being shared as they are unearthed.

Their own music was inspired by such artists such as The Ramones, Scott Walker, Johnny Thunders, The Faces, The Byrds, The Velvet Underground, The Damned, Slade, The Rolling Stones, The Cramps, T-Rex, Big Star, and The Stooges.

[2] The Golden Horde's Des O' Byrne scored the music for the premiere performance of Robert Anton Wilson's "Wilhelm Reich in Hell" play, which debuted at the Edmund Burke Hall in Trinity College, Dublin.

During this period the band played with acts such as The Fall, The Ramones, The Prisoners, The Damned, Johnny Thunders, Thee Mighty Caesars, The Cramps, The Pogues and The Nomads.

The band spent a substantial period with engineer Paul Thomas[11] at his infamous studio 'The Recording Company' developing many tracks that would be utilized as b-sides - with many others that are slowly resurfacing on social media.

From April–May 1990, Johnny Thunders, during an acoustic tour of Britain and Ireland, joined up with John Connor, Sam Steiger & Peter O'Kennedy of The Golden Horde for electric performances.

Johnny had befriended and performed with the Horde previously, beginning in 1984 at the TV Club, Dublin and Belfast and both acts were concurrently on tour (of the UK & Ireland) at that time.

[12] Recordings for the singles "100 Boys"[13] and "I Never Came Down"[14] were initiated with producer Daniel Rey, and completed with co-producer Andy Shernoff for the album that would be eponymously titled The Golden Horde.

The final Golden Horde show was their performance at the 'Cradle Benefit for Bosnian Children', City Hall, Cork in December 1993 (the event also featured Shane MacGowan and Nick Cave).