[4] He discovered the music of Kiss, The Doors, and Led Zeppelin in grade school, and was inspired by Iron Maiden's Steve Harris to play bass.

[6] In 1990, prompted by the success of a studio session with musicians associated with Steve Vai, Wyse moved to Los Angeles,[7] where he devoted most of his time to playing with bands.

[6] He was one of a handful of bassists selected to play with Metallica during the audition process, which was documented in the film Some Kind of Monster.

[19] Wyse formed Owl with his childhood friend, drummer Dan Dinsmore, and LA-based guitarist Jason Achilles Mezilis.

The first music video from the album, the title track's The Right Thing, premiered on Rolling Stone's website in March 2013.

A supergroup that includes Joe Perry, Alice Cooper, and Johnny Depp, Wyse performed with the band on world tours in 2018 and 2019, and played on their sophomore album, Rise, released on Ear Music in 2019.