Rod Tyler

Rod Tyler is the former vocalist of American progressive metal band Symphony X and power metal band Overlorde. He joined Overlorde briefly in 1988 under his real name, Rod Tyler Loiza, and left shortly in the same year. In 1994 he was recruited by Michael Romeo as the first vocalist for Symphony X. Tyler recorded vocals on the band's debut album Symphony X (Japan 1994) (opens in a new tab) (1994). For Symphony X's second album The Damnation Game (Europe 1995) (opens in a new tab) (1995), Tyler has been replaced by Russell Allen, whom he himself introduced to the band as his replacement. Allen has remained the band's singer ever since.