Danny Wood

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Danny Wood

Daniel William Wood Jr. (born 14 May 1969, Boston, Massachusetts) was a member of the boy band New Kids on the Block.

Early days

He was the "body" of the group being the most physically fit, and very interested in sports. Wood was keen on his appearance and his own physical fitness. He also choreographed a lot of the dance moves for the band.

He and fellow group member, Donnie Wahlberg, worked together and produced tracks for Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, a group headed by Wahlberg's younger brother Mark. Wood also produced some tracks on fellow bandmate Joe McIntyre's debut solo album.

Solo career

After New Kids on the Block disbanded, Wood decided to pursue a solo career. He released his first solo album on 22 July 2003. It was called Second Face, and all the songs were produced by Wood, and his friend, Pete Masitti. Recently he released "Coming Home", 2007 and in 1999 he released an album "Room Full Of Smoke" as D-Fuse. Danny will see music from his latest release "Coming Home" featured on various networks like MTV, Oxygen, and VH1.

Singles

• What If (2003)

• When The Lights Go Out (2003)

• Different Worlds (2003)

Acting

After his work within New Kids on the Block Wood started to take on acting and his first film was Thank You, Good Night, a story about four musicians struggling to make it both personally as professionally. He has also worked within Deveria and I-15. He also appeared in "Tequila Express".

Management

Wood operates his own record label called Damage Records, with manager Chad Zimmerman, of Z International Entertainment. Zimmerman also worked with New Kids alumnus Jordan Knight as his personal manager / backup DJ from 2003-2006. He co-wrote his hit single "Where is Your Heart Tonight" in 2005 / 2006 which peaked at #12 on the Billboard AC Chart.

MTV Comeback

Wood featured in MTV's follow up to Totally Scott-Lee called Totally Boyband, featuring in a new group with other former boyband members such as Dane Bowers. The band's name was Upper Street charting at No 35.

Private Life

Wood currently has three children with ex-wife Patricia Alfaro: Anthony (born late 1995), Russian-born, adopted son Chance (born early 1998) and daughter Vega (born March 1999). He and Alfaro divorced in 2006. He also has custody of another son, Daniel Jr. (born late 1992) with then-girlfriend Elise Stepherson. In 1999, he lost his mother, Betty Wood, to breast cancer, and has set up a website dedicated to her

External links

• Face The Music Fan Club
• Damage Records
• TheNewKidsForever.com - The Funkiest NKOTB Site On The Web!
• www.rememberbetty.org.
• Danny Wood at IMDb