Biography

Nestled comfortably in between Jimi's E-chord when he chops off that mountain, and the moment Glenn Kotche is playing that 3/4 beat over Tweedy's 4/4 rhythm is where King Bee plays their Rock 'n Roll.
Caught up in hanging the overhead mic like Glynn Johns did over the kit before Bonham laid down "...the Levee". Just before the Beastie Boys used it on their hit track.
But all this is too deep for a town that needs more subs than it does tweeters.
In Miami, King Bee is a band lavishing in an uncool world.
The dives are too small, and the velvet rope just doesn't get it.
In response, they've created a traveling anti-venue, where all you need to be a member is a love for live music and a good time. Whether in an art gallery, under the laser light of a planetarium or in a warehouse with a couple of kegs, King Bee resonates to a capacity crowd.
Like scuffing a fresh pair of Chucks, little did we know, we just linked Miami to the rest of America.

Music Downloads

Juniper Rose

Turqoise Moon

Accomplishments

• Opened up for Fishbone, Leon Russel, the Radiators, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Deep Banana Blackout, JJ Grey and Mofro, Blackwater Surprise and the Ska-talites.
• Shared the stage with members of the Lee Boys and the Black Crowes.
• Singled out in 2004 as one of Miami's top bands according to Street Magazine (a Miami Hearld Publication).
• Put together a local music and art showcase at our local Planetarium that drew a crowd of over 500 paid attendees totaling over 700 patrons.
• Self-Released 2 full albums.
• The album "Only On Good Days" received the honor of "One of Miami's Top 10 Albums of the year" according to Street Magazine (a Miami Herald Publication).
• Currently working on 3rd full length release.

Press

MATT PIERECE of SPLENDIDZINE.COM
Only On Good Days is Southern rock for fans of both electrified, Allmans-inspired guitar workouts and the wider textural spaces and blue skies of Widespread Panic, even though King Bee don't mathematically add the two sides of their musical, goateed heritage to create an easily predictable hybrid. Tracks like "Juniper Rose", which adds an AM-radio flange to singer Angel Suarez's already elastic vocals, bring hints of Cream and even psychier influences to bear, especially in its slide-meets-wah-wah guitar solo halfway through. Suarez contributes surrealistic lyrics that further complicate the band's good-ol'-boy persona. "Riff A" ruminates on a turning point in a relationship with a string of bizarre metaphors that don't quite match, and "Only on Good Days" demonstrates a sense of humor alien to the stereotypical Southern rocker ("Leaving trails of speediness / Wisdom, age and all that"). The songs themselves move beyond guitar-rock trappings too, incorporating horns into the mix ("Blind Rat") or showing gentle signs of prog-rock ("Blind Rat"). So while Only On Good Days fits comfortably within the Southern rock idiom, it's not incapable of moving past that dusty corner's more obvious trappings and taking on a boisterous life of its own.

RENE ALVAREZ - UNDERBELLY / Local & Indie Music STREET MAGAZINE
Dirty, humid, hot, sweaty: these are words that come to mind when listening to local roots rockers King Bee's new album Only on Good Days. Vocalist Angel Suarez, adroitly combining soul with pop intuition, sings about loss -- loss of grace, loss of security, loss of balance, loss of just about everything. The line ''I've been running with a pail full of holes'' from their song ''Juniper Rose'' exemplifies what the album, circling like a vulture, is going for: a head dive into the past. Fusing heavy Delta-style blues angst with modern rock hopelessness, Only on Good Days is a strong album because of some good songwriting. Album opener ''Riff A'' -- with its rolling rhythms, muddy guitar riffs, and call to huddle under common shelter -- blares like a tour bus going 100 mph down an empty stretch of highway. Other solid tunes are the gospel-influenced ''Time Come Again'' and the title track. If you're into the Black Crowes -- and can imagine them, say, with a Southern Baptist preacher singing lead -- King Bee will not disappoint.

DAN SWEENEY - CITYLINK MAGAZINE
....referred to King Bee as "the Hispanic Black Crowes," but the band's music is a bit spacier than that; it's more hallucinogenic-friendly. The songs could provide a soundtrack to the sort of junkyard acid trip that leaves people insanely dancing for six hours and feeling unclean and achy. Guitarist-vocalist Angel Suarez's voice has a memorably scratchy baritone, and Sam Levine, quite possibly the best local percussionist...