“No doubt, Wood is a wildly endowed and original musician.”–Steve Krugman (hollywooddrum.com).

A Gretsch Drums artist since 2002, Wood is a founding member of the Grammy-nominated quintet Kneebody. Kneebody released their self-titled debut album in 2005 on trumpeter Dave Douglas’s label Greenleaf Music. In 2007 Kneebody released Low Electrical Worker on Colortone Media. They completed an album of arrangements of Charles Ives compositions with singer Theo Bleckmann and released the recording “12 Songs of Charles Ives” which was nominated for “Best Classical Crossover Album” Grammy Award (2009, Winter and Winter). Kneebody’s latest record The Line was released on Concord Records in 2013. Kneedeuls, a collaboration with electronic artist Daedelus, was released in November of 2015 on Brainfeeder Records.

Wood has performed or recorded with many notable artists including Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders, Dave Grohl, Brian May and Roger Taylor (Queen), Chris Squire (Yes), Elliot Easton (The Cars), Chaka Khan, Wayne Krantz, Billy Childs, Tigran Hamasyan, Donny McCaslin, Sting, and many others.

Along with his work as a sideman, Nate has released 3 albums of his own material, where he performed, recorded, and mixed everything himself. His album Another Time was released in July 2014.

Wood was featured in Modern Drummer in March 2014 and placed in the 2015 Modern Drummer Reader’s Poll among the top 5 drummers in the fusion category.

In the below Gretsch Drums video, Wood plays and talks about the Catalina Club kit in Blue Satin Flame. (The Gretsch Catalina Club Series blends traditional configurations and classic tone with sleek, contemporary hardware innovations. Catalina Club 4-piece configurations are built around the foundation of the beloved 14-inch deep bass drum that gives each of these setups a warm and punchy vintage tone.)