He has produced many albums, including Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville and Placebo's self-titled debut.

[1] In 1988, Wood, along with Brian Deck and Daniel Sonis, built Idful Music Corporation recording studio in Chicago's Wicker Park.

[2][3] While at Idful he recorded and produced hundreds of records, including Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville, Veruca Salt's American Thighs, Ben Lee's Grandpaw Would, Sunny Day Real Estate's Diary and LP2, and albums by Red Red Meat, Seam, That Dog, and others.

In addition to producing records, Brad was the drummer/soprano saxophonist for Shrimp Boat and touring drummer for Liz Phair (1993–94).

He has worked on recordings by mewithoutYou, Touché Amoré, Skating Polly, Say Anything, Pete Yorn, and Dar Williams.