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{{short description|American drummer (born 1972)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| image = GreenDayIOW230624 (339 of 367) (cropped).jpg
| Name = Tré Cool
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| Img = tredrums5.jpg
| Img_capt = Tré Cool playing drums on [[Sessions @ AOL]].
| caption = Tré Cool at the [[Isle of Wight Festival]] 2024
| birth_name = Frank Edwin Wright III
| Background = solo_singer
| alias = {{flatlist|
| Birth_name = Frank Edwin Wright III
* The Snoo<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.amiright.com/names/pseudo/s.shtml |title= Names -> Music Performer Pseudonyms -> S |access-date= 2008-05-12 |last= Owen |first= Chess |quote= The Snoo, Frank Edwin Wright LXI, Tré's cover name when he plays in the band [[The Network]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080516235220/http://www.amiright.com/names/pseudo/s.shtml |archive-date= May 16, 2008 |url-status= live |df= mdy-all }}</ref>
| Alias = The Snoo<ref>
* Frank E. Wright III
{{cite web
* Bjorn Roarkson}}
|url= http://www.amiright.com/names/pseudo/s.shtml
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1972|12|9}}
|title= Names -> Music Performer Pseudonyms -> S
| birth_place = [[Frankfurt]], [[Hesse]], [[West Germany]]
|accessdate= 2008-05-12
| origin = [[Willits, California]], U.S.
|last= Owen
| instrument = Drums<!-- only instruments commonly used -->
|first= Chess
| genre = {{flatlist|
|quote= The Snoo, Frank Edwin Wright LXI, Tré's cover name when he plays in the band [[The Network]]
* [[Punk rock]]
}}</ref>
* [[pop-punk]]
| Born ={{birth date and age|mf=yes|1972|12|9}} <br> [[Frankfurt]], [[Germany]]
* {{nowrap|[[alternative rock]]}}
| <br />California, United States
* [[hardcore punk]]
| Instrument = [[Drum kit|Drums]], [[Vocals]], [[Accordion]], [[Guitar]],
* [[garage rock]]
| Height = 5'6"
* {{nowrap|[[New wave music|new wave]]}}
| Genre = [[Punk rock]]<br/>[[New Wave music|New wave]]<br>[[Garage rock]]<br>[[Hardcore punk]]
* {{nowrap|[[death metal]]}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/green-day-drummer-tre-cools-icelandic-death-metal-band-release-new-ep-2387077|title=Green Day drummer Tré Cool's Icelandic death metal band release new EP|author=Krol, Charlotte|magazine=NME|date=October 5, 2018|access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref>
| Occupation = [[Musician]], [[Drummer]]
| Years_active = 1985&ndash;present
| Label = [[Reprise Records]]<br />[[Lookout! Records]]
| Associated_acts = [[Green Day]]<br /> [[The Lookouts]]<br>[[The Network]]<br>[[Foxboro Hot Tubs]]<br>
}}
}}
| occupation = Musician
'''Tré Cool''' (born '''Frank Edwin Wright III'''; December 9, 1972) is a German-born American [[drummer]] for the [[punk rock]] band [[Green Day]]. He replaced the band's former drummer [[John Kiffmeyer]] in 1990.
| years_active = 1985–present
| current_member_of = {{flatlist|
* [[Green Day]]
* [[The Network]]
* [[Foxboro Hot Tubs]]
* Dead Mermaids
* Bubu and the Brood
}}
| past_member_of = {{flatlist|
* [[The Lookouts]]
* [[Samiam]]
}}
| spouse = {{unbulleted list|
{{marriage|Lisea Lyons<br />|1995|1996|end=divorced}}|
{{marriage|Claudia Suarez<br />|2000|2003|end=divorced}}|
{{marriage|Sara Rose Lipert<br />|2014}}
}}
}}
'''Frank Edwin Wright III''' (born December 9, 1972), better known by his stage name '''Tré Cool''', is a German-born American musician, best known as the long-time drummer for the rock band [[Green Day]].<ref name="Yareah">{{cite news| last =Cid| first =Martin| title =Famous Birthdays Today, December 9: Tre Cool, Kendall Vertes, McKayla Maroney, Alexi Blue, Simon Helberg| publisher =Yareah| date =9 December 2015| url =http://www.yareah.com/2015/12/09/famous-birthdays-today-december-9-tre-cool-kendall-vertes-mckayla-maroney-alexi-blue-simon-helberg/| access-date =21 September 2016| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160923031925/http://www.yareah.com/2015/12/09/famous-birthdays-today-december-9-tre-cool-kendall-vertes-mckayla-maroney-alexi-blue-simon-helberg/| archive-date =September 23, 2016| url-status =live| df =mdy-all}}</ref> He replaced the band's former drummer, [[John Kiffmeyer]], in 1990.<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine| last =Foege| first =Alec| title =Green Day: From Punk to Platinum| magazine =[[Rolling Stone]]| date =28 December 1995| url =https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/green-day-from-punk-to-platinum-19951228| access-date =21 September 2016| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20171003075818/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/green-day-from-punk-to-platinum-19951228| archive-date =October 3, 2017| url-status =live| df =mdy-all}}</ref> Cool has also played in [[the Lookouts]], [[Samiam]], Dead Mermaids, Bubu and the Brood and the Green Day side projects [[the Network]] and the [[Foxboro Hot Tubs]].<ref name="MTV">{{cite news |last=Montgomery |first=James |date=10 April 2008 |title=Green Day Exclusive: Yes, They Are Foxboro Hot Tubs, Just In Case There Was Any Doubt |publisher=MTV |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1585150/green-day-exclusive-yes-they-are-foxboro-hot-tubs-just-in-case-there-was-any-doubt/ |url-status=dead |access-date=21 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803105812/http://www.mtv.com/news/1585150/green-day-exclusive-yes-they-are-foxboro-hot-tubs-just-in-case-there-was-any-doubt/ |archive-date=August 3, 2016 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="NJ">{{cite news| last =McCall| first =Tris| title =Court Tavern to reopen with show by Samiam| work =[[NJ.com]]| date =2 October 2012| url =http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2012/10/court_tavern_to_reopen_with_sh.html| access-date =21 September 2016| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160923075613/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2012/10/court_tavern_to_reopen_with_sh.html| archive-date =September 23, 2016| url-status =live| df =mdy-all}}</ref>


==Biography==
== Early life ==
Frank Edwin Wright III was born on December 9, 1972,<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |title=Tré Cool Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tr%C3%A9-cool-mn0000018923 |access-date=October 4, 2022 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> in [[Frankfurt]], [[West Germany]],<ref name="AllMusic" /> to Frank Edwin Wright Jr. and Linda Wright. He lived in [[Willits, California]], with his father and elder sister Lori. He has German heritage, and his father was a helicopter pilot during the [[Vietnam War]].<ref name="Book">{{cite book |last=Spitz |first=Marc |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FSWZAAAAQBAJ&q=%22tre+cool%22+%22john+kiffmeyer%22&pg=PT49 |title=Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life, Times, and Music of Green Day |date=2006 |publisher=[[Hachette Book Group]] |isbn=978-1-4013-8579-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.greendayinc.com.br/english/biography/ | title=Band – Biography | publisher=GREEN DAY INC | access-date=February 6, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223230304/http://www.greendayinc.com.br/english/biography/ | archive-date=February 23, 2014 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
Frank Edwin Wright III was born December 9, 1972 in [[Frankfurt, Germany]], making him the youngest member of Green Day. He lived in [[Willits, California]] with his father and his older sister, Lori. His father, a helicopter pilot in the [[Vietnam War]], decided to move the family there to insulate them upon his return to the United States.


In his second year, Cool dropped out of high school and opted to earn a [[GED]]. He began taking classes at a local [[community college]] but would again drop out as Green Day became a more time-consuming priority. During this time, the band considered breaking up because it took a long time to adjust to playing with Cool.<ref name="Pioneer">{{cite news |last=Raihala |first=Ross |date=10 November 2015 |title=Green Day struts the Great White Way |url=http://www.twincities.com/2012/02/15/green-day-struts-the-great-white-way/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923052842/http://www.twincities.com/2012/02/15/green-day-struts-the-great-white-way/ |archive-date=September 23, 2016 |access-date=21 September 2016 |newspaper=[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Book2">{{cite book |last=Myers |first=Ben |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3YEVAAAAQBAJ&q=%22tre+cool%22+%22very+cool%22&pg=PT22 |title=Green Day: American Idiots & The New Punk Explosion |date=2006 |publisher=[[Disinformation (company)|Disinformation Books]] |isbn=978-1-60925-898-6}}</ref>
Wright's closest neighbor was [[Larry Livermore]], who at the time was the singer of the punk band ''[[The Lookouts]]''. At age 12, Livermore recruited Wright to join The Lookouts and gave him the name of ''Tre Cool'' <ref name=TreNameOrigin>{{cite web
| title = Tre Cool Bio i threw up [[Max Headroom Incident]]
| accessdate = 2008-12-09
| url = http://www. greenday.net/trecool.html (blacklisted hyperlink)
| quote = At age 11, Livermore recruited Tre to join The Lookouts, and that's when Livermore gave him the name of Tre Cool (which means Very Cool in French)
}}</ref> relying on both the French word ''très'' (meaning ''very'')<ref>[http://dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/tr%C3%A8s très] Reverso French-English Dictionary</ref> combined with the word [[Cool (aesthetic)|''cool'']]. However, the silent "s" has been incorrectly dropped in the spelling.


== Career ==
When Green Day's drummer, John Kiffmeyer, left the band they recruited Cool to play drums. Cool decided to drop out of high school in his sophomore year. Instead, he passed an equivalency test and earned his GED, and began taking classes at a nearby community college. He had to drop out of college, however, when the demands of Green Day's touring intensified.
Wright's closest neighbor in his childhood was [[Larry Livermore]], who at the time was the singer of the punk band [[the Lookouts]]. When Wright was 12, Livermore recruited him as the drummer of the Lookouts, and Tre took on the name of "Tré Cool", using both the French word "très" (meaning "very") and the English word "cool" as a way of saying he was "very cool". "Trey", a play on Wright's family's [[generational title]]s, since he was the third Frank Wright, had already been Wright's nickname prior to the addition of "Cool."<ref name="Book2" /><ref name="Huff">{{cite news |last=Webster |first=Melissa |date=17 May 2015 |title=Larry Livermore: Spy Rock Road Album Release, Featuring a Teenage Tre Cool |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/melissa-webster/larry-livermores-spy-rock_b_6869918.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923033344/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/melissa-webster/larry-livermores-spy-rock_b_6869918.html |archive-date=September 23, 2016 |access-date=21 September 2016 |work=[[Huffington Post]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref>


Cool sang "The Mushroom is Exploding" from The Lookouts' 1987 debut album ''[[One Planet One People|One Planet, One People]]. (A twelve year old Cool can be heard singing the demos of which in 1985's "Lookout! It's The Lookouts!") ''He Then appeared on their second album' [[Spy Rock Road|''Spy Rock Road'']] with "That Girl's from Outer Space" and "Sonny Boy".
Cool's father, who owned a small company, overhauled a bookmobile and even served as the driver on three separate tours. "I watched them go from a bunch of kids to a group of musicians with work ethic," he later recalled. "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.'"


When Green Day's drummer, John Kiffmeyer, left the band, the group recruited Cool to be their drummer. Cool's father was supportive and overhauled a [[bookmobile]] to transport the band. He would later say: "I watched them go from a bunch of kids to a group of musicians with work ethic," also adding: "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.'"<ref name="Book3">{{cite book | last =Kimpel | first =Dan| title =How They Made It: True Stories of How Music's Biggest Stars Went from Start to Stardom| publisher =[[Hal Leonard Corporation]] | date =2006| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=wDyd16CHUu4C&pg=PA48| isbn =978-0-634-07642-8 }}</ref><ref>''Rolling Stone'', January 26, 1995</ref>
In 1998, after Green Day won a "Moon Man" Trophy at the MTV Music Awards, Tré Cool famously scaled the Universal globe at Universal studios, but escaped with no punishment - only compliments and cheers. Cool has been the only person to ever do so.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=1477893185|title=Tre Cool Climbs The MTV Globe|date= 26 Nov 2006}}</ref>


With Green Day, he sang and played the guitar on "Dominated Love Slave" from [[Kerplunk (album)|''Kerplunk'']] and the [[hidden track]] "All by Myself" from ''[[Dookie]]'', both of which he wrote and composed (on "Dominated Love Slave", guitarist and vocalist [[Billie Joe Armstrong]] played drums). He wrote and sang the subtrack "Rock and Roll Girlfriend" from the [[Medley (music)|medley]] "Homecoming" featured on the album [[American Idiot|''American Idiot'']]. He also sang and wrote the track "DUI" ("Driving Under the Influence"), which was recorded for Green Day's fifth studio album [[Nimrod (album)|''Nimrod'']] and was due to be released on the compilation album [[Shenanigans (album)|''Shenanigans'']] in 2002, but was omitted and can only be found on promotional unmastered copies of the album and online. Several live tracks also exist, usually from around 1993, such as "Food Around the Corner", a song from the 1943 [[Elmer Fudd]] cartoon ''[[An Itch in Time]]''. Another live track, "Billie Joe's Mom", was also recorded.
Tré was once notorious for burning his drum kit, on stage, upon completion of every set on the "Warning" tour. He has a tradition also that if he cracks a cymbal during a concert, he gives it away at the end.


In 1998, after Green Day won a "Moon Man" Trophy at the [[MTV Music Award]]s, Cool famously climbed on the Universal Globe at [[Universal Studios]].<ref name="GlobeVideo">{{cite video |people=[[Billie Joe Armstrong]] (interviewee), Tre Cool (interviewee) |date=25 December 2010 |title=Tre Cool Climbs The MTV Globe |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvRoy3rGbvo | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/VvRoy3rGbvo| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|publisher=[[VH1]] |access-date=21 September 2016 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>
==Singing==
Tré sings and plays guitar on the tracks "[[Dominated Love Slave]]" and "[[All by Myself]]", from ''[[Kerplunk!]]'' and ''[[Dookie]]'', respectively. He wrote and sang the subtrack "Rock and Roll Girlfriend" from the [[wiktionary:Medley|medley]] "Homecoming" featured on the album ''[[American Idiot]]''. He also sang and composed the track "DUI" ("Driving Under the Influence"), which was recorded during the ''[[Nimrod (album)|Nimrod]]'' sessions and was due to be released on ''[[Shenanigans (album)|Shenanigans]]'' (a compilation of B-sides), but it was omitted and can only be found online.


During a radio interview at Washington D.C.'s alternative station [[DC 101]] (Elliott in the Morning), Cool sang and played acoustic guitar on a short song entitled "Like a Rat Does Cheese", a song about the pleasure of [[fellatio]]. He has also recorded a version of [[Tay Zonday]]'s "[[Chocolate Rain]]".<ref name="MTVChocRain">{{cite news |last1=Kaufman |first1=Gil |date=13 August 2007 |title=Chocolate Rain Creator Talks of Life Beyond His 15 Minutes of Fame |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1566977/chocolate-rain-creator-talks-of-life-beyond-his-15-minutes-of-fame/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022085204/http://www.mtv.com/news/1566977/chocolate-rain-creator-talks-of-life-beyond-his-15-minutes-of-fame/ |archive-date=October 22, 2016 |access-date=21 October 2016 |publisher=MTV |df=mdy-all}}</ref> He also sang on [[the Network]] songs "Hungry Hungry Models", "Asphyxia" "Flat Earth", "Respirator", "Squatter", "That's How They Get You", "The Stranger", and "Hey Elon" as the Snoo.
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," a song about the pleasure of fellatio. This song was acoustic.


Cool won "Best Punk Drummer" in [[DRUM! Magazine|''DRUM!'' Magazine]]'s 2011 Drummies, which recognizes some of the best drummers across music genres.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tre Cool wins "Best Punk Drummer" in the 2011 Drummies |url=http://www.greendayauthority.com/news/2419/ |website=The Green Day Authority |access-date=25 January 2020}}</ref> He was also featured in the Nitpick Six: The Six Best Drum Fills and ranked in at number 6 for the intro to [[Basket Case (song)|"Basket Case"]].<ref>Wasoba, Ryan. (October 24, 2011) [https://m.riverfronttimes.com/musicblog/2011/10/24/the-six-best-drum-fills] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225120808/https://m.riverfronttimes.com/musicblog/2011/10/24/the-six-best-drum-fills|date=December 25, 2019}}. Blogs.riverfronttimes.com Retrieved on 2019-12-25.</ref> In 2014, ''[[LA Weekly]]'' named Tré Cool #2 of the "Top 5 Punk Drummers of All Time".<ref name="LAW">{{cite news| last =Tavana| first =Art| title =Top 5 Punk Drummers of All Time| newspaper =[[LA Weekly]]| date =16 July 2014| url =http://www.laweekly.com/music/top-5-punk-drummers-of-all-time-4853480#page-2| access-date =21 September 2016| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160923082324/http://www.laweekly.com/music/top-5-punk-drummers-of-all-time-4853480#page-2| archive-date =September 23, 2016| url-status =live| df =mdy-all}}</ref>
Several live tracks also exist, usually from early dates around 1993, such as "Food Around the Corner." a song from the 1943 [[Elmer Fudd]] cartoon "An Itch in Time." Another live track, "Billie Joe's Mom" was also recorded.


On April 18, 2015, Cool and his Green Day bandmates were inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in their first year of eligibility.
Tré had also recorded a version of [[Tay Zonday]]'s "[[Chocolate Rain]]." It was posted on [[YouTube]] on August 1, 2007. His cover was mentioned in several news journals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=151be882-67a1-443e-9a05-2eee53b2db58&entry=index|title=The "Chocolate" Reign of Tay Zonday|author=Joal Ryan|date=August 9, 2007|accessdate=2007-08-10}}</ref>


==Personal life==
== Artistry ==
Tré married his long-time girlfriend Lisea Lyons, a photographer, in March 1995 and had a child, Ramona Isabelle, born January 12, 1995. They divorced sometime in 1998. In May 2000, he married again to a woman named Claudia. They split up in 2003 and had one son together, Frankito ("Little Frank"), born on February 14, 2001.<ref name="green">{{citeweb|url=http://www.greendayauthority.com/TheBand/trecool.php|title=tre cool - drums}}</ref> He then started to date [[Torry Castellano]], the drummer of [[The Donnas]], in late 2003, but split up in mid-2005. Tre is now dating a woman named Ruri, who was an MTV DJ in Japan. She quit her job in 2008 to move to the United States, where she met Tré.


=== Musical style ===
On July 12, 2009, Cool threw out the ceremonial first pitch for a [[Chicago Cubs]] baseball game, and on August 10, he threw for the [[St. Louis Cardinals]].
[[File:RiP2013 GreenDay Tre Cool 0001 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Tré Cool with Green Day at [[Rock im Park]] 2013]]
Before joining Green Day, Tré Cool employed a more intricate drumming style. He explained that "When I started, I had too many drums. I was a little reggae-happy and into fancier beats than was needed. It took me a while to get it: play the song, don't play the instrument. I started figuring out how to make the band a stronger unit, to make it jump."<ref name="Growing up">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tre-cool-on-growing-up-punk-and-finding-green-days-groove-20090515#ixzz1mfWFm8rT|title=Tre Cool on Growing Up Punk and Finding Green Day's Groove|last=Fricke|first=David|date=May 15, 2009|access-date=February 17, 2012|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203063840/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tre-cool-on-growing-up-punk-and-finding-green-days-groove-20090515#ixzz1mfWFm8rT|archive-date=February 3, 2013|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> After playing with Green Day bassist [[Mike Dirnt]], Tré Cool adopted a more rhythmic style with fewer [[Fill (music)|drum fills]] to match Dirnt's bass lines.<ref name="Growing up" />


[[Greg Kot]] of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' referred to Tré Cool as "Green Day's most potent weapon", adding that "His monstrous kick-drum wallop evokes [[John Bonham]], while his manic fills make him punk's answer to [[Keith Moon]]."<ref name="AIReview">{{cite news|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-09-26/news/0409250260_1_green-day-singer-billie-joe-armstrong-boulevard-of-broken-dreams|title=Review: American Idiot – Green Day|last=Kot|first=Greg|work=The Chicago Tribune|date=September 26, 2004|access-date=February 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730043915/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-09-26/news/0409250260_1_green-day-singer-billie-joe-armstrong-boulevard-of-broken-dreams|archive-date=July 30, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> His stage persona has also been compared to Moon.<ref name="Tennessean">{{cite news|url=http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2009/07/30/green-day-surprises-with-age/|last=Paulson|first=Dave|title=Green Day surprises with age|work=[[The Tennessean]]|date=July 30, 2009|access-date=February 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214234608/http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2009/07/30/green-day-surprises-with-age/|archive-date=December 14, 2012|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Sound engineer Neill King, who worked with Green Day on ''[[Dookie]]'', noted that Tré Cool shares Moon's "wild animal approach" to playing drums, and explained that the band encountered difficulties while recording "Basket Case" due to his unpredictable style: "It's not that Tré wasn't a good drummer, but in terms of his performances we wanted the best of the best...So, although we wanted him to do all of his wild fills and crazy drumming, we couldn't just let him go. He'd drift in and out of time, which is terrific live, but which was unacceptable on radio at that time."<ref name="SoundonSound">{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb11/articles/classic-tracks-0211.htm|title=Green Day: 'Basket Case' – Classic Tracks|last=Buskin|first=Richard|work=Sound on Sound|date=February 2, 2011|access-date=February 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101221818/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb11/articles/classic-tracks-0211.htm|archive-date=November 1, 2013|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
==Equipment==
Tré has used the drums of different companies. He currently uses Leedy drums and Zildjian cymbals. In the past, he used DW, Ludwig and Slingerland drums. Currently, he is still listed as an endorser in Ludwig's website.<ref name="equipment">{{citeweb|url=http://www.greendayauthority.com/TheBand/equip.php|title=GDA <nowiki>|</nowiki> Equipment}}</ref>


=== Influences ===
Drum kit: Leedy custom maple set in White Marine Nitron with [[Remo]] heads
During his speech at Green Day's [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] induction in 2015, Cool credited [[Ringo Starr]] from [[the Beatles]], [[Keith Moon]] from [[the Who]], [[John Bonham]] from [[Led Zeppelin]], [[Mitch Mitchell]] from [[the Jimi Hendrix Experience]], [[Charlie Watts]] from [[the Rolling Stones]], [[jazz]] and [[big band]] drummer [[Buddy Rich]], [[John Wright (musician)|John Wright]] from [[NoMeansNo]], [[Alex Van Halen]] from [[Van Halen]], [[Dave Mello]] from [[Operation Ivy (band)|Operation Ivy]], Al Schvitz from [[MDC (band)|MDC]], [[Meg White]] from [[the White Stripes]], and [[Aaron Cometbus|Aaron Elliot]] from [[Crimpshrine]] and [[Pinhead Gunpowder]] as his favorite drummers.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/sZQaFpSvoGs Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20201008102650/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZQaFpSvoGs Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZQaFpSvoGs| title = Green Day Acceptance Speeches at the 2015 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | website=[[YouTube]]| date = April 27, 2020 }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ed0GA0o7PA%3Fsi%3D5FzVNvAOqOavqJdT |title=Tré Cool Answers Who the Greatest Drummer of All Time Is |date=2024-01-17 |last=The Howard Stern Show |access-date=2024-09-20 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Green Day performed [[the Beatles]] hit "[[Boys (Shirelles song)|Boys]]" with Starr at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony that same year, in which Cool drummed alongside his idol.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/0mx48CPaQFo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20170506231206/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mx48CPaQFo&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mx48CPaQFo| title = Ringo Starr with Green Day – Boys | website=[[YouTube]]| date = August 4, 2015 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*18"×22" Bass drum
*9"×13" Tom
*16"×16" Floor Tom
*16"×18" Floor Tom
*6.5"×14" Leedy Broadway Standard Snare


== Personal life ==
Cymbals: [[Zildjian]]
Tré has three children, Ramona Isabel Wright, born in 1995, with Lisea Lyons; Frank Edwin Wright IV, born in 2001 with Claudia Suarez and Mickey Otis Wright, born in 2018 with Sara Rose Lipert.
*14" K Constantinople/Z Special hi-hats
*19" K Dark Crash Medium Thin
*19" A Medium Thin Crash
*22" A Deep Ride
*21" A Sweet Ride
*20" Oriental Classic China


During early 2020, Cool sat in with [[Willie Nelson]] and his band after the death of Nelson's friend and drummer [[Paul English (drummer)|Paul English]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Doyle |first=Patrick |date=2020-01-24 |title=Green Day's Tré Cool on Drumming for Willie Nelson |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/tre-cool-green-day-willie-nelson-942729/ |accessdate=2022-01-10 |publisher=Rolling Stone}}</ref>
Drumsticks: [[Zildjian]] Tré Cool Signature


==References==
== Discography ==
=== Green Day ===
{{Reflist}}
* ''[[Kerplunk (album)|Kerplunk!]]'' (1991) – drums, lead vocals and guitar on "Dominated Love Slave"
* ''[[Dookie]]'' (1994) – drums, lead vocals and guitar on "All by Myself"
* ''[[Insomniac (Green Day album)|Insomniac]]'' (1995) – drums
* ''[[Nimrod (album)|Nimrod]]'' (1997) – drums, bongos, tambourine
* ''[[Warning (Green Day album)|Warning]]'' (2000) – drums, percussion, accordion
* ''[[American Idiot]]'' (2004) – drums, percussion, lead vocals on "Rock and Roll Girlfriend"
* ''[[21st Century Breakdown]]'' (2009) – drums, percussion
* ''[[¡Uno!]]'' (2012) – drums, backing vocals
* ''[[¡Dos!]]'' (2012) – drums, percussion
* ''[[¡Tré!]]'' (2012) – drums, percussion
* ''[[Revolution Radio]]'' (2016) – drums, percussion
* ''[[Father of All Motherfuckers]]'' (2020) – drums, percussion
* ''[[Saviors (album)|Saviors]]'' (2024)<ref name="SaviorsNME">{{cite web |last=Dunworth |first=Liberty |title=Green Day announce album 'Saviors' and share new single |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/green-day-share-new-single-and-announce-album-saviors-preorder-3520437 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=October 24, 2023 |date=October 24, 2023}}</ref><ref name=SSL>{{cite web |title=Top-Tier Producer Rob Cavallo Captures the 'Big Studio Sound' in Private Studio with Solid State Logic BiG SiX |url=https://www.solidstatelogic.com/media/rob-cavallo-captures-big-studio-sound-with-big-six |quote=He is currently producing the newest Green Day album due out early next year |website=[[Solid State Logic]] |access-date=May 30, 2023 |date=May 2, 2023}}</ref> – drums, percussion

=== DVD ===
* ''[[Bullet in a Bible]]'' (film; 2005) – himself
* ''[[Awesome as Fuck]]'' (film; 2011) – himself

=== The Lookouts ===
* ''[[One Planet One People]]'' (1987) – drums, vocals, lead vocals on "The Mushroom Is Exploding"
* ''[[Spy Rock Road]]'' (1989) – drums, lead vocals on "That Girl's from Outer Space" and "Sonny Boy"

=== Foxboro Hot Tubs ===
* ''[[Stop Drop and Roll!!!]]'' (2008) – drums

=== The Network ===
* ''[[Money Money 2020]]'' (2003) – drums, lead vocals on "Hungry Hungry Models" (as the Snoo)
*''[[Money Money 2020 Part II: We Told Ya So!]]'' (2020) – drums, lead vocals on "Asphyxia", "Flat Earth", "Respirator", "Squatter", "That's How They Get You", "The Stranger", and "Hey Elon" (as the Snoo)

=== Other media appearances ===
* ''[[King of the Hill]]'' (TV series; 1997) – Cane Skretteberg
* ''Jackass Backyard BBQ'' (TV special; 2002) – himself
* ''[[Riding in Vans with Boys]]'' (film; 2003) – himself
* ''[[Live Freaky! Die Freaky!]]'' (film; 2006) – The Maid
* ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'' (film; 2007) – himself
* ''[[Heart Like a Hand Grenade]]'' (film; 2008) – himself
* ''[[Green Day: Rock Band]]'' (video game; 2010) – himself (voice, likeness, and archive footage)
* ''[[¡Cuatro!]]'' (film; 2013) as himself
* ''[[American Idiot (musical)#Documentary|Broadway Idiot]]'' (film; 2013) – himself
* ''Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers'' (Netflix Special; 2018) – himself

== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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* [http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Tre_Cool.html Tré Cool at DrummerWorld.com]
* [https://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Tre_Cool.html Tré Cool on Drummerworld.com]
* {{IMDb name|0177566}}
* [http://www.behindthedrums.com/TreCool.htm Tré Cool at BehindTheDrums.com] contains discography and equipment list
* [http://www.drummagazine.com/features/post/from-the-archive-tre-cool-king-of-punk-rools/ DRUM! Magazine's interview with Tre Cool]
* [http://www.zildjian.com/EN-US/artists/artistDetail.ad2?artistID=2638&genreID= Tré Cool at Zildjian.com]
* [http://www.behindthedrums.com/TreCool.htm Tre Cool at BehindTheDrums.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724131159/http://www.behindthedrums.com/TreCool.htm |date=July 24, 2010 }} contains discography and equipment list
* [http://greendayauthority.com/TheBand/trecool.php Tre Cool biography on Green Day Authority]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=eyDuGwlrFRs YouTube] Chocolate Rain as performed by Tré Cool


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Tré Cool
Tré Cool at the Isle of Wight Festival 2024
Tré Cool at the Isle of Wight Festival 2024
Background information
Birth nameFrank Edwin Wright III
Also known as
  • The Snoo[1]
  • Frank E. Wright III
  • Bjorn Roarkson
Born (1972-12-09) December 9, 1972 (age 51)
Frankfurt, Hesse, West Germany
OriginWillits, California, U.S.
Genres
OccupationMusician
InstrumentDrums
Years active1985–present
Member of
Formerly of
Spouses
  • Lisea Lyons
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1995; div. 1996)​
  • Claudia Suarez
    ​
    ​
    (m. 2000; div. 2003)​
  • Sara Rose Lipert
    ​
    ​
    (m. 2014)​

Frank Edwin Wright III (born December 9, 1972), better known by his stage name Tré Cool, is a German-born American musician, best known as the long-time drummer for the rock band Green Day.[3] He replaced the band's former drummer, John Kiffmeyer, in 1990.[4] Cool has also played in the Lookouts, Samiam, Dead Mermaids, Bubu and the Brood and the Green Day side projects the Network and the Foxboro Hot Tubs.[5][6]

Early life

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Frank Edwin Wright III was born on December 9, 1972,[7] in Frankfurt, West Germany,[7] to Frank Edwin Wright Jr. and Linda Wright. He lived in Willits, California, with his father and elder sister Lori. He has German heritage, and his father was a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War.[8][9]

In his second year, Cool dropped out of high school and opted to earn a GED. He began taking classes at a local community college but would again drop out as Green Day became a more time-consuming priority. During this time, the band considered breaking up because it took a long time to adjust to playing with Cool.[10][11]

Career

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Wright's closest neighbor in his childhood was Larry Livermore, who at the time was the singer of the punk band the Lookouts. When Wright was 12, Livermore recruited him as the drummer of the Lookouts, and Tre took on the name of "Tré Cool", using both the French word "très" (meaning "very") and the English word "cool" as a way of saying he was "very cool". "Trey", a play on Wright's family's generational titles, since he was the third Frank Wright, had already been Wright's nickname prior to the addition of "Cool."[11][12]

Cool sang "The Mushroom is Exploding" from The Lookouts' 1987 debut album One Planet, One People. (A twelve year old Cool can be heard singing the demos of which in 1985's "Lookout! It's The Lookouts!") He Then appeared on their second album' Spy Rock Road with "That Girl's from Outer Space" and "Sonny Boy".

When Green Day's drummer, John Kiffmeyer, left the band, the group recruited Cool to be their drummer. Cool's father was supportive and overhauled a bookmobile to transport the band. He would later say: "I watched them go from a bunch of kids to a group of musicians with work ethic," also adding: "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.'"[13][14]

With Green Day, he sang and played the guitar on "Dominated Love Slave" from Kerplunk and the hidden track "All by Myself" from Dookie, both of which he wrote and composed (on "Dominated Love Slave", guitarist and vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong played drums). He wrote and sang the subtrack "Rock and Roll Girlfriend" from the medley "Homecoming" featured on the album American Idiot. He also sang and wrote the track "DUI" ("Driving Under the Influence"), which was recorded for Green Day's fifth studio album Nimrod and was due to be released on the compilation album Shenanigans in 2002, but was omitted and can only be found on promotional unmastered copies of the album and online. Several live tracks also exist, usually from around 1993, such as "Food Around the Corner", a song from the 1943 Elmer Fudd cartoon An Itch in Time. Another live track, "Billie Joe's Mom", was also recorded.

In 1998, after Green Day won a "Moon Man" Trophy at the MTV Music Awards, Cool famously climbed on the Universal Globe at Universal Studios.[15]

During a radio interview at Washington D.C.'s alternative station DC 101 (Elliott in the Morning), Cool sang and played acoustic guitar on a short song entitled "Like a Rat Does Cheese", a song about the pleasure of fellatio. He has also recorded a version of Tay Zonday's "Chocolate Rain".[16] He also sang on the Network songs "Hungry Hungry Models", "Asphyxia" "Flat Earth", "Respirator", "Squatter", "That's How They Get You", "The Stranger", and "Hey Elon" as the Snoo.

Cool won "Best Punk Drummer" in DRUM! Magazine's 2011 Drummies, which recognizes some of the best drummers across music genres.[17] He was also featured in the Nitpick Six: The Six Best Drum Fills and ranked in at number 6 for the intro to "Basket Case".[18] In 2014, LA Weekly named Tré Cool #2 of the "Top 5 Punk Drummers of All Time".[19]

On April 18, 2015, Cool and his Green Day bandmates were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility.

Artistry

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Musical style

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Tré Cool with Green Day at Rock im Park 2013

Before joining Green Day, Tré Cool employed a more intricate drumming style. He explained that "When I started, I had too many drums. I was a little reggae-happy and into fancier beats than was needed. It took me a while to get it: play the song, don't play the instrument. I started figuring out how to make the band a stronger unit, to make it jump."[20] After playing with Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool adopted a more rhythmic style with fewer drum fills to match Dirnt's bass lines.[20]

Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune referred to Tré Cool as "Green Day's most potent weapon", adding that "His monstrous kick-drum wallop evokes John Bonham, while his manic fills make him punk's answer to Keith Moon."[21] His stage persona has also been compared to Moon.[22] Sound engineer Neill King, who worked with Green Day on Dookie, noted that Tré Cool shares Moon's "wild animal approach" to playing drums, and explained that the band encountered difficulties while recording "Basket Case" due to his unpredictable style: "It's not that Tré wasn't a good drummer, but in terms of his performances we wanted the best of the best...So, although we wanted him to do all of his wild fills and crazy drumming, we couldn't just let him go. He'd drift in and out of time, which is terrific live, but which was unacceptable on radio at that time."[23]

Influences

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During his speech at Green Day's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2015, Cool credited Ringo Starr from the Beatles, Keith Moon from the Who, John Bonham from Led Zeppelin, Mitch Mitchell from the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Charlie Watts from the Rolling Stones, jazz and big band drummer Buddy Rich, John Wright from NoMeansNo, Alex Van Halen from Van Halen, Dave Mello from Operation Ivy, Al Schvitz from MDC, Meg White from the White Stripes, and Aaron Elliot from Crimpshrine and Pinhead Gunpowder as his favorite drummers.[24][25] Green Day performed the Beatles hit "Boys" with Starr at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony that same year, in which Cool drummed alongside his idol.[26]

Personal life

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Tré has three children, Ramona Isabel Wright, born in 1995, with Lisea Lyons; Frank Edwin Wright IV, born in 2001 with Claudia Suarez and Mickey Otis Wright, born in 2018 with Sara Rose Lipert.

During early 2020, Cool sat in with Willie Nelson and his band after the death of Nelson's friend and drummer Paul English.[27]

Discography

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Green Day

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DVD

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The Lookouts

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  • One Planet One People (1987) – drums, vocals, lead vocals on "The Mushroom Is Exploding"
  • Spy Rock Road (1989) – drums, lead vocals on "That Girl's from Outer Space" and "Sonny Boy"

Foxboro Hot Tubs

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The Network

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  • Money Money 2020 (2003) – drums, lead vocals on "Hungry Hungry Models" (as the Snoo)
  • Money Money 2020 Part II: We Told Ya So! (2020) – drums, lead vocals on "Asphyxia", "Flat Earth", "Respirator", "Squatter", "That's How They Get You", "The Stranger", and "Hey Elon" (as the Snoo)

Other media appearances

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References

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  1. ^ Owen, Chess. "Names -> Music Performer Pseudonyms -> S". Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved May 12, 2008. The Snoo, Frank Edwin Wright LXI, Tré's cover name when he plays in the band The Network
  2. ^ Krol, Charlotte (October 5, 2018). "Green Day drummer Tré Cool's Icelandic death metal band release new EP". NME. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  3. ^ Cid, Martin (December 9, 2015). "Famous Birthdays Today, December 9: Tre Cool, Kendall Vertes, McKayla Maroney, Alexi Blue, Simon Helberg". Yareah. Archived from the original on September 23, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  4. ^ Foege, Alec (December 28, 1995). "Green Day: From Punk to Platinum". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 3, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  5. ^ Montgomery, James (April 10, 2008). "Green Day Exclusive: Yes, They Are Foxboro Hot Tubs, Just In Case There Was Any Doubt". MTV. Archived from the original on August 3, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  6. ^ McCall, Tris (October 2, 2012). "Court Tavern to reopen with show by Samiam". NJ.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Tré Cool Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  8. ^ Spitz, Marc (2006). Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life, Times, and Music of Green Day. Hachette Book Group. ISBN 978-1-4013-8579-8.
  9. ^ "Band – Biography". GREEN DAY INC. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  10. ^ Raihala, Ross (November 10, 2015). "Green Day struts the Great White Way". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Archived from the original on September 23, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  11. ^ a b Myers, Ben (2006). Green Day: American Idiots & The New Punk Explosion. Disinformation Books. ISBN 978-1-60925-898-6.
  12. ^ Webster, Melissa (May 17, 2015). "Larry Livermore: Spy Rock Road Album Release, Featuring a Teenage Tre Cool". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on September 23, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  13. ^ Kimpel, Dan (2006). How They Made It: True Stories of How Music's Biggest Stars Went from Start to Stardom. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-0-634-07642-8.
  14. ^ Rolling Stone, January 26, 1995
  15. ^ Billie Joe Armstrong (interviewee), Tre Cool (interviewee) (December 25, 2010). Tre Cool Climbs The MTV Globe. VH1. Archived from the original on November 17, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  16. ^ Kaufman, Gil (August 13, 2007). "Chocolate Rain Creator Talks of Life Beyond His 15 Minutes of Fame". MTV. Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  17. ^ "Tre Cool wins "Best Punk Drummer" in the 2011 Drummies". The Green Day Authority. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  18. ^ Wasoba, Ryan. (October 24, 2011) [1] Archived December 25, 2019, at the Wayback Machine. Blogs.riverfronttimes.com Retrieved on 2019-12-25.
  19. ^ Tavana, Art (July 16, 2014). "Top 5 Punk Drummers of All Time". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on September 23, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  20. ^ a b Fricke, David (May 15, 2009). "Tre Cool on Growing Up Punk and Finding Green Day's Groove". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
  21. ^ Kot, Greg (September 26, 2004). "Review: American Idiot – Green Day". The Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on July 30, 2013. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
  22. ^ Paulson, Dave (July 30, 2009). "Green Day surprises with age". The Tennessean. Archived from the original on December 14, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
  23. ^ Buskin, Richard (February 2, 2011). "Green Day: 'Basket Case' – Classic Tracks". Sound on Sound. Archived from the original on November 1, 2013. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
  24. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Green Day Acceptance Speeches at the 2015 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony". YouTube. April 27, 2020.
  25. ^ The Howard Stern Show (January 17, 2024). Tré Cool Answers Who the Greatest Drummer of All Time Is. Retrieved September 20, 2024 – via YouTube.
  26. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Ringo Starr with Green Day – Boys". YouTube. August 4, 2015.
  27. ^ Doyle, Patrick (January 24, 2020). "Green Day's Tré Cool on Drumming for Willie Nelson". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  28. ^ Dunworth, Liberty (October 24, 2023). "Green Day announce album 'Saviors' and share new single". NME. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  29. ^ "Top-Tier Producer Rob Cavallo Captures the 'Big Studio Sound' in Private Studio with Solid State Logic BiG SiX". Solid State Logic. May 2, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2023. He is currently producing the newest Green Day album due out early next year
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