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Bernie Wandel
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- United States
- Since
- present
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Bernie Wandel is an American musician best known as the bass guitarist for two Henry Rollins albums, Hot Animal Machine and Drive By Shooting.
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In addition to the Rollins Band, he has performed in The Nuclear Crayons, Special K, Guilt Combo, 9353, Raincrow and Elegy Circa 1923. He was also a member of the Chris Haskett Trio.
In the 1990s he managed the Black Cat night club in Washington, D.C., and, calling himself a "bass historian", he organized and hosted events such as Getting to First Bass, a series of solo bass performances.
His work with Henry Rollins and other punk bands is cited in Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital, by Mark Andersen and Mark Jenkins.
Member of
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Nuclear Crayons electric bass guitar
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Henrietta Collins and the Wifebeating Childhaters electric bass guitar
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Rollins Band electric bass guitar
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Static Disruptors electric bass guitar
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Data from MusicBrainz, saved 10 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.