:: Biography ::

Woody Woodmansey

Woody's first introduction to the world of drumming was at the age of 5, a drum bought by his uncle. He didn't really notice music again until he was about 15 years old. Together with some of his school mates they formed their own band 'The Mutations'! A perfect name, considering!

The next couple of years were spent practising and doing gigs, mainly pubs, clubs and church halls. The music was early R&B, Bo Diddley, Smoke Stack Lightening, Dust my Broom etc.

As with many great bands, the Mutations split up, (musical differences!) and Woody joined another local band called 'Roadrunners'. Again they did R&B, but also progressive rock (as it was known then), Cream, Jeff Beck, Free, The Who etc.

His drumming influences were Mitch Mitchell, Ginger Baker, Keith Moon, Sandy Nelson & John Bonham.

One of the best local bands at this time were a band called 'The Rats' led by a lad from Hull, Mick Ronson, a brilliant guitarist. They played mostly Hendrix, Zeppelin, Beck, Cream and blues stuff.

So Woody became a 'Rat'. Gigs were better, usually supporting major acts that played in the area. Good memories!

In 1969, Mick left Hull to join David Bowie in London. A short time later Bowie phoned and said 'Mick says you're a great drummer, I want you to come and join us'.

So he started, at first as David Bowie and Hype, later as the Spiders from Mars. They worked hard and played hard, brilliant times with recording, tours, TV and radio. Toured the world….joined by other musicians along the way like Lou Reed, Jeff Beck etc. Albums recorded over the 5 yrs with Bowie included 'Man Who Sold the World', 'Hunky Dory', 'Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars' and 'Aladdin Sane'.

After this period he recorded a 'Spiders' album with the other half of the Bowie rhythm section, Trevor Bolder and a couple of guys from Newcastle.

Since then, there have been numerous musical adventures including one -off projects with Dexys Midnight Runners, Paul McCartney, Edgar Winter, Billy Sheehan (Mr Big) etc.

He's done extensive live work, including working with Art Garfunkel and legendary keyboard player, Nicky Hopkins. Toured UK and Europe, Japan with this line up. Also recorded and toured with 'Cybernauts' (Joe Elliot, Phil Collen of Def Leppard and Trevor Bolder).

Played with Hossam Ramsey & the Masters of Percussion.

Recently finished an album called 'Redhanded' with Gillian Glover (dad is Roger Glover, Deep Purple), released May 2007 with touring, media etc.

Been doing this drum ensemble with two of his sons for a year or two and it's proved so popular they've now done an album totally featuring drums, percussion etc. Nick and Dan are both great drummers in their own right!

Nick Woodmansey

Nick has been mainly playing funk, hip-hop, latin & jazz influenced electronica as well as select folk & rock, in and around the London scene for a number of years.

He's played for funk band Masterplan - gigs in Europe. Bonemuffin (signed to Sony) Thabani - afrobeat/soul-funk band, regular gigs at Jazz Café (where they supported Pharoah Sanders), residency at The Verge, outdoor jazz festivals. Stratospheric - studio project with 2 EP's released (remixes from United Future Organisation, and Venom [son of Bluey from Incognito, who also played on the track] Ultravibe - studio project with album released on Revco Records. Steve Burgon - folk/rock album "The Athlete". Positive Flow - nu-jazz/soul album featuring Donna Gardier (vocalist for Raw Stylus & backing vocalist for Sting) released in US on Shanachie/Major Menace and re-released in U.K. on Native Source Recordings. K-Scope - live drums for a remix on Further Out Recordings.

Performed at wrap party for Bond movie/Pierce Brosnans birthday at Planet Hollywood. Played live with Heidi Vogel, recently for Max Cole's album launch/press gig.

Nick has also been busy recording and producing his own project "Emanative Spacebeats" where he has enlisted the help of a strong list of his London musician friends including Neville Malcolm, Kevin Davy, Ben Hadwen, Geoff Wooley and Jessica Lauren. He's also been working on several remixes including one for soul/jazz singer Deborah Jordan.

Dan Woodmansey

He got in to drumming at the age of 9.

As well as expanding his drumming and percussion skills, Dan started creating his own tracks and it was clear he definitely had a talent to produce great music. His influences in music range from Zeppelin, Hendrix to DJ Krush, Red Snapper, DJ Shadow, Hip Hop, Drum and Bass etc.

For the last few years Dan has been out doing DJ sets producing his own music as well as formerly drumming in an Indie band called 'A Million Little Pieces', gigging mainly in London and the south-east of England.

3-D was formed after the 3 drummers were asked if they would perform together during DJ sets in a London club on Regent Street. This evolved in to working out their own pieces to perform during the night. This in turn led to the idea of doing an album. It has turned in to an eclectic mix of music fusion due to their own individual tastes, which range from funk, tribal, drum and bass, hip hop, jazz, rock, Egyptian and Latin, etc. It is definitely something different and exciting.