Tyler's Bio

One Chubby Man, One Extra-Extra-Large Dream...

Tyler Cook, formerly of the one-off super group The Tyler Cook Orchestra ("Online Girlfriend," "Robot Woman"), is coming out of forced retirement to bring his own brand of Rock 'n' Roll Insanity Sauce (tm) to Sumter, South Carolina. Tyler has twelve years of experience as a saxophonist and eleven as a composer, arranger, and bastardizer of classical musical. His musical influences range from Bach to Boston; Mozart to Meat Loaf; Richard Wagner to Jim Steinman; and on and on. Tyler also plays sax weekly at Elmwood Avenue Church of God in Columbia, South Carolina, continuing a long tradition of staying true to his gospel roots.

Tyler has played with the USC Left Bank Big Band; the USC University Band; the USC Basketball Pep Band; the Aiken Community Band (Aiken, South Carolina), the Elmwood Avenue Church of God Orchestra; the Woodlawn Christian Church Praise and Worship Band (Knoxville, Tennessee); The Tyler Cook Orchestra; electro-pop humor duo Blasphemy's Belt; and countless saxophone quartets, quintets, and sextets, including the long-lived Aiken High School group Casual Sax (also known as Fifth Sax).

Tyler is currently a member of brass quintet Brass to the Future and comedy rock duo White Girl Problems.

Tyler is a supporter of Eyelash Kisses: A Trey Huxford Tribute Band.

Tyler plays Armstrong and Conn tenor saxophones... because he doesn't have anything else.

Tyler plays Rico (c) brand reeds. Rico: More Blow for your Buck!

Instruments:

- Alto and tenor saxophones

- Keys

- Melodica

- Vocals