Green Day

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Tre Cool


Frank Edwin Wright III (born on December 9, 1972), better known as Tré Cool, is an American drummer, best known as the drummer for Green Day. He replaced the group's former drummer John Kiffmeyer in 1990. Cool has also played in The Lookouts Samiam and the Green Day side-projects The Network and the Foxboro Hot Tubs.

Cool has a daughter named Ramona Isabel Wright (born January 12, 1995), with his ex-wife Lisea Lyons, named after his idol, Joey Ramone. He also has a son, named Frankito (which means "Little Frank"), born in 2001 to then wife Claudia. He currently lives with his ex-wife, Claudia in California for their son, Frankito. However his daughter Ramona lives in New York. Tre and Claudia divorced in 2003. In March 2011, he got engaged to his girlfriend Dena.

Cool sang and played guitar on the tracks "Dominated Love Slave" and "All by Myself", from Kerplunk and Dookie, respectively, 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 composed the track "DUI" ("Driving Under the Influence"), which was recorded for Green Day's fifth studio album Nimrod (1997) and was due to be released on the compilation album Shenanigans in 2002, but was omitted and can only be found online.

During a radio interview at Washington DC's alternative station DC 101, Cool sang and played acoustic guitar on a short song entitled "Like a Rat Does Cheese," a song about the pleasure of fellatio.

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.

Cool 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.

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