Paul Wandtke (born December 20, 1985) is an American musician, songwriter and producer who is the current drummer of heavy metal band Bedlem.

Wandtke has previously drummed for the hit musical Rock of Ages and as touring drummer for Kill Hannah during the band's main-support run with the Smashing Pumpkins.

[1] He joined Trivium on December 5, 2015, by playing a debut show in front of 40,000 people in Mexico at Slipknot's "Knotfest" Festival.

In 2017, Wandtke formed the grunge band Dead Original with bassist Dina Simone and drummer Rob Lerner.

He also sings and plays guitar for a national touring Nirvana tribute band called Smells Like Nirvana, which is based in Chicago and have performed fly-in casino dates as well as many midwest dates with plans to do some tours in 2017.