Wood, Danny

DM) Do you find that you're still trying to shake away the image you had of being a member of the New Kids on the Block?

DW) It absolutely does not bother me because I think I proved on this record that I could do something else. It is definitely frustrating with all of the negative stuff that goes with being a New Kid on the Block. However, I understand it because we were shoved down America's throats for four years. I understand the backlash, but I think it's been long enough for people to give the album a listen and give the album a chance.

DM) Do you have fans who know of your new stuff, but really had no interest in your work with NKOTB?

DW) That's definitely some of the feedback that I've been getting from my website. People who have emailed me have said they're into more mature music. You definitely move on. You can tell what happened with all of the boy bands over the past few years. The girls grow up, and it's not so cool to have that N*SYNC or New Kids record when you're in college. That's the good thing to see what's happened with Justin [Timberlake of N*SYNC]. His music has gotten more mature, and the audience has gotten more mature.

DM) You've gone through a lot of "grown-up" and mature things lately. Your mother passing away from cancer, and the custody battle over your son. Does this album reflect that "maturity?"

DW) Oh definitely. The album reflects everything since I was in the group. There are two new songs that I just put on the record, and I dealt with so many things. It was the point of making a record: to vent and get it all out. Everything on the record is personal experience.

DM) It sounds like there was no way you could have done a record in the same vein as your New Kids' record because inevitably people grow up, and the style of music grows with them.

DW) My whole thing with this record was first, to make a record I would listen to. When I initially experimented in the beginning, when I first started writing in this sound