Tré Cool
Frank Edwin Wright
III was born in Frankfurt, West Germany. He lived in Willits,
California with his father and his older sister Lori. His father was a
helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. Wright's closest neighbor
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 gave him the name of Tré Cool. He replaced the group's former drummer John
Kiffmeyer in 1991. Cool has also played in The Lookouts, Samiam and
the Green Day side-projects The Network and the Foxboro Hot Tubs.