Max Tyler is the bald drummer of Mystik Spiral, and owner of The Tank, the "indestructible" van in which the band travels.
Physical Appearance[]
Max is a man about the same age as Trent. He is bald, has blue eyes, and an angled jawline. He wears a green long-sleeve, black pants, and gray shoes. He also wears a beaded necklace and a nose ring.
Max Tyler in Speedtrapped.
Personality[]
Max is incredibly pompous and neurotic. Despite his claim to be a macho criminalé, he is not as tough as he pretends to be, as can be seen by his terrified reaction when arrested by the police in Speedtrapped. Really he's quite sensitive. He later becomes overjoyed because the officers give him a child's "Junior Deputy" toy badge.
He apparently doesn't take criticism well, as shown in Groped by an Angel, in which he gets defensive and frustrated over Trent's explanation of subzero. He also nearly leaves the band in the Spiral pilot when the other members call him out for his harsh comments towards Nick's girlfriend Charlotte.
It seems that most of Max's interaction in Mystik Spiral is with fellow band member Nick Campbell, with whom he often gets into animated discussions/arguments.
Background[]
Not much is known of Max's past other than what Reburb reveals about him: he went to Lawndale High and joined Mystik Spiral after seeing Trent's ad for a drummer in the paper. (He got the position because he owned a drum kit.) The Mystik Spiral pilot episode would have retconned this and say he'd known Trent since grade school.
Trivia[]
- In The Daria Diaries, he's the only one of the group to get a favorable nod from Muck & Rage: "the drummer sure can sweat, though."
- If Groped by an Angel is any sort of barometer, it follows that he isn't usually needed for providing good lyrics.
- The One Band, Napping flipbook had him grouse him and Nick get no groupies or fanmail because Trent and Jesse get all the attention (and was not happy Nick did get a groupie).
- In the Spiral episode, we would have met Max's 30ish older brother Mark: a smooth-talking wheeler-dealer.