Nathan "Nate" Henry is the lead singer and bassist for the indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band Sherwood. He, Dan Koch

Dan Koch

Dan Koch is the lead guitarist and principal songwriter for the indie rock band Sherwood. He helped form the band with Nate Henry in 2002 while attending university at Cal Poly. Dan was originally Sherwood's drummer, but when drummer Joe Greenetz joined the band he switched from drums to guitar...

, and Chris Armstrong formed the band in 2002 while they were attending college in San Luis Obispo, California

San Luis Obispo, California

San Luis Obispo is a city in California, located roughly midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles on the Central Coast. Founded in 1772 by Spanish Fr. Junipero Serra, San Luis Obispo is one of California’s oldest communities...

. He and Dan Koch compose all of Sherwood's songs, and Henry directed Sherwood's first music video "Song in My Head". According to the Sherwood Show pilot episode, Henry created the show.

Pre-Sherwood

Henry grew up in Carmichael, California

Carmichael, California

Carmichael is a census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 61,762 at the 2010 census, up from 49,742 at the 2000 census.-Geography and geology:Carmichael...

 a suburb of Sacramento

Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...

, the youngest of four children, and attended and graduated from Victory Christian High School in Carmichael. He originally met Sherwood's present guitarist and former drummer Dan Koch

Dan Koch

Dan Koch is the lead guitarist and principal songwriter for the indie rock band Sherwood. He helped form the band with Nate Henry in 2002 while attending university at Cal Poly. Dan was originally Sherwood's drummer, but when drummer Joe Greenetz joined the band he switched from drums to guitar...

 at college in San Luis Obispo, California

San Luis Obispo, California

San Luis Obispo is a city in California, located roughly midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles on the Central Coast. Founded in 1772 by Spanish Fr. Junipero Serra, San Luis Obispo is one of California’s oldest communities...

. According to an interview with Truepunk.com Nate said that somehow they "formed a band and started practicing in a garage down the street from (Nate's) apartment."

Present day work

Nate directed Sherwood's first music video "Song in My Head". He recently started Sherwood's side project, The Sherwood Show. The online show airs new episodes every week Nate announced. He and bandmate Mike Leibovich started their own series of podcasts titled "Apples and Oranges" however there hasn't been a recent release of a new episode. In the first episode Nate and Mike describe how their band got started when Mike joined.

Interviews