Steve Hansgen was a bass player in the hardcore band Minor Threat, joining them in the fall of 1982 to allow bassist Brian Baker to switch over to second guitar.
Hansgen appeared on the Out of Step EP but left Minor Threat when the founding members decided to return the band to its original configuration.
Hansgen later formed Second Wind with Minor Threat roadie Rich Moore and also had a three piece hardcore band with Minor Threat guitarist Brian Baker called Middle Aged Brigade.
After that Hansgen played guitar in the reformed Meatmen on their album Rock & Roll Juggernaut.
Hansgen also worked with Tool, in 1992 on the production of their first EP - Opiate.
In 1993 he also played bass in Emmapeel, with Government Issue's vocals, John Stabb.
In 2009, Steve Hansgen joined Mike Dolfi, Boyd Farrell and Phil Ricche in the band Rustbuckit. Farrell and Dolfi are veterans of the Washington D.C. punk band Black Market Baby, while Ricche was a founding member of D.C. pop-punk band The Intentions.
Steve Hansgen has a wife that works in performing arts, a seven-year old son.
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