For one thing, he's matured; for another, his debut solo album, Second Face (Empire Musicwerks / BMG) released in early 2003, was a soulful mix of R&B, pop, and alternative-tinged tunes that any serious musician would be glad to claim as their own (the album released one single stateside that charted on Billboard and another that climbed to the Top 20 singles chart in Germany).
But getting a proper hearing hasn't been easy when your past pedigree includes having been part of that late 80's / 90's phenomenon, New Kids On The Block; it's been more of a Stumbling Block.
Despite NKOTB's achievements (record-breaking live show attendance and sales; superstardom on a global scale and not to mention over 100 million albums sold around the world), the 'manufactured boy band' image continues to linger around the former members, which is a source of frustration for the talented Wood. "I will never complain about the ride and what I learned from it, but musically it definitely wasn't what I wanted to be doing," he says of that time.
Danny's sophomore solo release is entitled "Coming Home" (Damage Records / Essential Media Group) Red Disc Records due in February 2008. The acoustic album features (16) new songs both written and produced by Danny himself. This was an album Danny worked on, while filming a reality tv show for MTV Networks called "Totally Boyband" in the U.K. Danny and three other former boyband members formed the super group "Upper Street", and seen the show get some of the highest ratings in network history. The group released "The One" in fall 2006 to both radio and retail.
You can check out Upper Street at
www.upperstreet4u.com and myspace.com/upperstreet4u
Danny reunited with his brothers in NKOTB after 14 years.
Visit www.nkotb.com for the latest information.
Chart History (Billboard Hot 100)
USA New Kids on the Block
-9 Top 10 Hits
-10 Top 20 Hits
*between 1988-1992
*released 9 albums with NKOTB
(over 100 million albums sold worldwide)
*3 of those albums were Greatest Hits Pkgs
-Please Don't Go Girl @10 (8/88)
-You Got It (The Right Stuff) @3 (1/89)
-I'll Be Loving You (Forever) @1 (4/89)
-Hangin Tough @1 (7/89)
-Didn't I (Blow Your Mind) @8 (9/89)
-Cover Girl @2 (9/89)
-This Ones For The Children @7 (11/89)
-Step By Step @1 (5/90)
-Tonight @7 (8/90)
-If You Go Away @16 (3/92)
Danny Wood Solo
-When the Lights Go Out (@29 FMQB) 2003 from the album Second Face (Damage-Empire / BMG)
-What IF (@30 Germany Singles Chart) 2003 from the album Second Face (Damage-Empire / BMG)
-The One with Upper Street 2006 (Top 40 on UK singles chart) from MTV UK Totally Boyband
New solo acoustic album "Coming Home" 2007 Damage Records *already licensed by MTV Networks for fall-winter programming 2007
*released indie albums Room Full of Smoke and Room Full of Smoke II under D-Fuse / D Wood
Danny Wood Professional Contacts:
Artist Management / Direction:
Chad Zimmerman
Z International Entertainment, LLC
email: [email protected]
Artist Representative:
Tracy L Zimmerman
Z International Entertainment, LLC
email: [email protected]
Booking Agent / Germany:
Ramona Schmidt
naTourTalent
Jungbuschstr. 25
D – 68159 Mannheim
booking || tour management || artist development
[email protected]
Music Licensing Partners:
Jon Delange
TINDERBOX MUSIC
3148 Bryant Ave S.
Minneapolis, MN 55408
[email protected]
(612) 375-1113
www.tinderboxmusic.com
Joseph Schneider
Director of A&R and Catalog
Pump Audio LLC
98 Elizabeth St
Suite 8
Red Hook, NY 12571
845-757-5555 ext 214
www.pumpaudio.com
Publishing Company:
Ratz Ass Publishing (ASCAP)
Production Company / Record Company:
Damage Productions / Records
Miami, Florida
President: Daniel Wood
VP / A&R: Chad Zimmerman
Affiliated Record Labels Include:
Clive Hines
Red Disc Records Pty Ltd
PO Box 1016
Seymour 3660
Victoria
Australia
Ph + 61 3 5799 0222
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