Bendian began playing drums at the age of nine and studied under Gary Van Dyke of the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble.
In high school, he began composing chamber music and studied with Noel DaCosta, Andrew Cyrille and Steve McCall.
[3] Bendian has played and recorded with Nels Cline, Pat Metheny, Derek Bailey,[4] Peter Brötzmann,[5] [6][7]Steve Hunt, Gary Lucas and Cecil Taylor amongst others.
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD said, "Hard to listen to this contemporary pairing without returning to the source material.
In 2000, he collaborated with violinist Jeff Gauthier, bassist Steuart Liebig, and guitarist G. E. Stinson on an album of collective improvisational pieces recorded live in the studio, entitled Bone Structure.