The Wicked Bees

07/14/2026

Extremely stoked to have our brothers and sisters join us at the aquarium once again!

Can't wait to throw down Aug 28th w/ Treehouse! And Rootz Within

TreeHouse! returns to Fargo with Rootz Within & The Wicked Bees on Friday, August 28th GET TICKETS NOW: https://holdmyticket.com/tickets/464984

05/31/2026

2 million bees? That’s pretty wicked

North Dakota Highway Patrol says just before 4:00pm Thursday afternoon, a 15-year-old boy from Valley City and the 55-year-old driver of a Kenworth Semi, were both merging onto westbound I-94 in Valley City.

03/29/2026

Tristan Beyer crashes onto the stage like a controlled lightning strike, the newest member of The Wicked Bees but already setting the heartbeat of the band with every drum hit. Hailing from Fargo, he brings that northern grit and precision to the kit, turning skins and cymbals into a full-throttle engine that keeps the horns, bass, and guitars locked in and grooving. He’s the kind of drummer who doesn’t just keep time—he drives it, teases it, and occasionally throws it off the rails just enough to make the next beat feel like a revelation. By day, Beyer navigates the more disciplined chaos of education as a band teacher at Fargo South, shaping young musicians with a mixture of patience, authority, and the occasional burst of contagious enthusiasm. Whether it’s guiding a struggling percussion section or coaching a tight jazz combo, he’s teaching the next generation of players how to feel the groove and hit the downbeat with conviction. It’s clear that the same energy he brings to the classroom is what fuels the fire behind his drum kit. On stage with The Wicked Bees, Tristan Beyer is the pulse, the engine, the unstoppable rhythm that keeps the band swinging. Even as the newest member, his playing cuts through the chaos of ska and reggae grooves with a mix of finesse and raw power, giving the group a renewed spark. In a band built on high-energy horn lines, infectious bass, and relentless guitars, Beyer is the force that ties it all together—driving the sound forward and keeping every beat dangerous, exciting, and undeniably alive

03/22/2026

Clyde Schuman is the kind of bass player who operates just below the surface of the madness, holding the whole machine together with thick strings and a suspicious amount of calm. A devoted disciple of the low end, Schuman pilots a five-string bongo bass like a riverboat captain steering through heavy fog—steady, deliberate, and absolutely essential. His heart beats somewhere between the deep thump of reggae and the manic bounce of ska, and if there’s a groove within a hundred miles, Clyde is likely already locked into it.

But the bass is only part of the operation. Schuman is also the sonic mechanic behind the curtain—a seasoned sound engineer who knows how to wrestle microphones, cables, and stubborn amplifiers into submission. As part owner of 8 Side Recording Studio, he spends countless hours sculpting sound, dialing k***s, and chasing that elusive perfect mix that most people swear exists but rarely ever find. He’s the guy who hears the details others miss—the buzz, the rattle, the tiny ghost of distortion lurking in the corner of a track.

The legend of The Wicked Bees began, appropriately enough, in the fluorescent chaos of the Best Buy music section in 2010, where Schuman crossed paths with a fellow traveler named Dan Christianson. Two musicians surrounded by bargain cables and discount drum heads realized they were speaking the same strange musical language. Before long they formed a band, and Schuman’s bass became the gravitational center of the whole enterprise—steady, heavy, and impossible to ignore. Since then he’s been anchoring the groove while the rest of the circus spins overhead.

03/19/2026

Connor McCormick is the kind of musical architect every horn band secretly hopes to find—a strategist from Burnsville, Minnesota who can stare at a blank sheet of staff paper and somehow turn it into a wall of brass that rattles the windows. A music composition major by trade and a trombone player by necessity, McCormick lives in that mysterious zone where theory, instinct, and a bit of late-night madness collide. While the rest of the band is arguing about tempos and tacos, Connor is the one sketching horn lines that weave together like clockwork, turning chaos into something that actually swings.

In The Wicked Bees, McCormick handles trombone duties with the steady confidence of a man who understands both the weight of the low brass and the delicate machinery of a horn section. But his real superpower is arranging. Give him a melody and a few hours and he’ll return with a full horn chart—tight punches, swaggering counterlines, and those glorious brass stabs that make a ska groove jump out of its shoes. He hears the band like a whole organism, stacking trumpets, saxes, and trombone into something bigger than the sum of its parts.

Raised in Burnsville and forged in the peculiar pressure cooker of music school composition classes, Connor McCormick brings a sharp musical brain to the buzzing circus that is The Wicked Bees. On stage he’s the trombone player holding down the brass trenches; behind the scenes he’s the mastermind helping shape the band’s sonic punch. In a group powered by groove, horns, and controlled musical mayhem, McCormick is the guy making sure all the explosions happen in exactly the right place.

03/17/2026

Minneapolis! This Friday!! Bee there 🐝

03/15/2026

25-7, 668! I think life on Mars is great!!!

03/12/2026

Happy 311 day! That one time we got to play with them was pretty cool… #311

03/12/2026

Happy 311 day! Here's a throwback to when we opened for them!

We had the amazing opportunity to open for 311 at the venue in Fargo, ND August 12, 2014 and it is definitely one of our most memorable gigs. Special thanks ...