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'''Tré Cool''' (born '''Frank Edwin Wright III''' on [[December 9]]th, [[1972]] in [[Frankfurt]], [[Germany]]) is the [[drummer]] of [[Green Day]], a Punk/Pop Punk/alternative rock band. He replaced former drummer [[John Kiffmeyer]] (aka Al Sobrante). He is known for his high speed, technical rhythm and impressive stamina in drums.
'''Tré Cool''' (born '''Frank Edwin Wright III''' on [[December 9]]th, [[1972]] in [[Frankfurt]], [[Germany]]) is the [[drummer]] of [[Green Day]], a Punk/Pop Punk/alternative rock band. He replaced former drummer [[John Kiffmeyer]] (aka Al Sobrante). He is known for his high speed, technical rhythm and impressive stamina in drums.


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==Biography==
Tré Cool is the youngest member of [[Green Day]]. He was raised in the rural northern California town of [[Willits, California|Willits]], [[California]] with his father and two older siblings. Tré's closest neighbor was none other than Lookout! Records founder, [[Lawrence Livermore]], who also played in the punk band, The Lookouts. At age 12, Livermore recruited Tré to join The Lookouts, and gave him the name of Tré Cool, ("très" translates as "very" from French, thus creating the name "very cool"). After Green Day's first tour, the original drummer, John Kiffmeyer decided to leave [[Green Day]] in order to attend college. Billie and Mike asked Tré, who was already a 5-year veteran of the [[924 Gilman Street|Gilman Street]] scene, to be their drummer.
Tré decided to drop out of high school his sophomore year. However, he did pass an equivalency test, earned his GED, and even began taking classes at a nearby community college. When the demands of Green Day's touring intensified, he had to drop out of college. Tré's father served as a driver for three of their tours. Frank Wright II, Tré's father says, "I watched them go from a bunch of kids to a group of musicians with work ethic. On their first tour or two, it was more of a party than anything else. I still scratch my head and say, 'How in the hell did they make it?' They used to practice in my living room here -- a lot of the songs they did on ''Dookie''. You hear it coming together, and you don't expect people are going to go out and buy it. But when it does, you just say, 'Wow, that's so cool.'" ([[Rolling Stone]], January 26, 1995)

Tré was filmed being [[Punk'd]] for Season 5 of said show, but denied the broadcasting rights to the show. As a result, MTV was not allowed to air the episode.

Tré once milked a dog because he wanted milk for his coffee (as stated on [[VH1]]'s ''[[Behind the Music]]'' episode about Green Day).


== Marriages and children ==
== Marriages and children ==

Revision as of 16:02, 18 September 2006

Tré Cool
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Background information
OriginBorn in Frankfurt, Germany; raised in Willits, California
Years active1988 to Present Day

Tré Cool (born Frank Edwin Wright III on December 9th, 1972 in Frankfurt, Germany) is the drummer of Green Day, a Punk/Pop Punk/alternative rock band. He replaced former drummer John Kiffmeyer (aka Al Sobrante). He is known for his high speed, technical rhythm and impressive stamina in drums.

Is really gay and cant play drums!!!!!!!

Marriages and children

Tré fathered a daughter, Ramona, in January 1995, and married Lisea Lyons (Ramona's mother), two months later. They later divorced but remain good friends. In 2000, Cool remarried a woman named Claudia, who soon gave birth to their son Frankito, which means "Little Frank", born 2001. They later divorced in 2003, and, contrary to popular belief, do not live together anymore.

The drum kit

In the earlier years (Kerplunk! and Dookie), Tré used a DW drum kit. Since Warning, Tré has got his own signature Slingerland drum kit, called the "Spitfire". However, at the recent American Idiot tour, according to an interview published in the December issue of Drum Magazine, Tré has parted ways with his Slingerland kit, and now uses a Ludwig Classic Maple kit with a Shadow Purple paintjob. He says: "It sounds like an instrument." He uses Zildjian cymbals and Danmar products. He has also told Drum Magazine that his favorite, most prized and "still go-to" snare is a Noble & Cooley which he purchased for $600 before making Dookie. "My snare sound is that... [but] I don't take it live because it's got a nice little spot[1]."

His current drum kit is as follows:

Drums:

Cymbals (From left to right):

  • Zildjian K/Z 14" Special Hi-hat (K Hi-hat on top, Z Dyno Beat on the bottom)
  • Zildjian K 19" Dark Medium Thin Crash
  • Zildjian A 19" Medium Thin Crash
  • Zildjian A 22" Ping Ride
  • Zildjian K 20" Crash/Ride (centre right)
  • Zildjian FX 20" Oriental Classic China

Drumheads:

  • Snare: REMO Coated Emperor X (Batter), REMO Ambassador Snare Side Hazy (Resonant)
  • Toms: REMO Coated Emperors (Batter), REMO Clear Ambassadors (Resonant)
  • Bass drum: REMO Powerstroke 3 with a REMO Falam Slam Pad (back), Ebony Powerstroke 3 drum head with the American Idiot logo (front)

Drumsticks: Zildjian Tré Cool Artist Series

Hardware: DW

Role in Green Day

Tré, similar to bassist Mike Dirnt, plays a minor role in songwriting. He rarely writes for any instrument other than drums on officially released Green Day material.

Tré does, however, have some songwriting credits and vocals on the band's albums. He sang, but Billie Joe wrote the song "All by Myself" on Dookie (which is hidden in the song F.O.D.), a song about masturbation, and the subtrack "Rock and Roll Girlfriend" from the medley, "Homecoming," featured on the album American Idiot. He also wrote the humorous "Dominated Love Slave", on Green Day's 1992 album Kerplunk!. a track on which he also sings and plays both drums and guitar, and he sings Like a Rat Does Cheese, which does not appear on an album due to its explicit sexual content.He has also written other songs such as "Billie's mom" and "Food around the corner".On some rare performances of the song, Tré and Billie switch instruments. He also sang and composed the track "DUI" ("Driving Under the Influence"), which was recorded during the Nimrod sessions, and was due to be released on Shenanigans (a compilation of B-sides), but was inexplicably omitted. It has been rumored that Tré plays the guitar line in the "Rock and Roll Girlfriend" where he says "I play the shit out of the drums, and I can play the guitar," followed by a short guitar lick. It has also been rumored that on the album Dookie, he composed the guitar riff for the track "When I Come Around" for which Billie wrote the drum part. Tré also appears on the Fat Wreck Chords compilation Short Music for Short People with Samiam, and wrote and sang several songs with the Lookouts.

During a radio interview at Washington DC's alternative station, DC 101, Tré sang and played the guitar to a short song titled "Like a Rat does Cheese", which is about the pleasure of fellatio.

About his influences, Tré confesses that he is mostly influenced by the legendary Keith Moon, whom he idolizes and who is a clear inspiration over his own drumming duties. He also says that as well as admiring his other favourite drummers like Charlie Watts and Ginger Baker, he also endeavours to stand on his own and be an original and stand-out drummer.

Trivia

  • Tré is the only person to ever climb the Universal Studios ball (their trademark) in Orlando, Florida. He climbed the ball at the 1998 MTV Music Awards. It landed him in VH1's Top 100 Red Carpet Acts.
  • Tré often set his drums on fire during the Warning tour.
  • Tré is the godfather of both of Billie's kids.
  • Tré briefly dated Torry Castellano AKA Donna C, drummer of fellow Bay Area pop-punk band The Donnas, and it is rumored that she is the basis for the American Idiot track, "Rock n Roll Girlfriend."
  • Tré Cool's father drove a bookmobile with which Green Day first toured.
  • His daughter is named Ramona after The Ramones.
  • He played the violin in school.
  • 39/Smooth and American Idiot are the only two of Green Day's studio albums that do not start with drums. International Superhits! and Shenanigans do not start with drums either, but they are compilations and cannot be considered studio albums.
  • Tré went to clown school.
  • Tré loves sushi.
  • Tré also loves golf.

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