Covered In Bees make all other bands sound boring and sad. A horror punk band with diverse interests including B-Movies, comics, true crime, true love, Rocky Horror, the State of Maine, and monsters.

It all started in 2003 when Boo (on the mic) asked Doug (playing guitar) to help him write a no-bullshit hardcore demo. Boo had written a notebook full of lyrics, but needed some music before he put a band together. They worked together and since Boo had seen Doug’s band Confusatron play a couple of times, he just knew that this guy could write punk rock songs in his sleep. So, when Boo asked Doug if he wanted to write some songs, much to Boo’s surprise, he did.

Their mutual friend, Tristan (on drums), was a multi-instrumentalist that shared a practice space with Doug and also played in Boo’s last band. Easy choice. Lastly, Doug’s brother Ed (playing bass) was brought into the fold and the lineup was complete. The goal of this band was pretty simple – write songs that we all actually want to hear. Play real hard. Have a lot of fun. Make sure that anything we do is amazingly fresh, absolutely spectacular, and entirely from our hearts and guts.

Over the next 7 years, we played in and around Maine a lot. We did countless shows at Geno’s in Portland, both at the original location and Congress Street, appeared on a Soundtrack for Troma Entertainment in 2006, played on a big stage at WCYY‘s Rave and Rage show in 2008, and won a total of 5 awards in the Portland Phoenix Best Music Poll (Best Punk Act 2006-2009, Best Live Act 2006). In 2010, Boo decided he’d had enough and the band was no more. We played our last show at Geno’s on September 25, 2010 to release our “final” album.

The members continued other musical endeavors including Confusatron, Pigboat, Johnny Cremains, Man-Witch, and the Ghosts Of Johnson City, to name just a few. We all remained friends and, in 2012, started having regular practices again. Shows were booked and work resumed on our concept album, which finally came to reality in 2015. Work started on the next album, but then COVID hit in 2020. With no shows, the band money dried up and we left our practice space. Everything was put on hold.

In 2024 we finally got our shit together enough to start playing again and, in 2026, have finally completed our 6th album, Snow In Blood.