Tre Cool, born Frank Edwin Wright III, grew up in the Mendocino mountains, where his father, a Vietnam vet, raised Tre and his two siblings. Tre's dad built many of the houses in that area, including that of Lawrance Livermore, Tre's nearest neighbor and the founder of Green Day's original label, Lookout! Records.
At the age of 12, Tre joined Livermore's pop-punk band, the Lookouts, recorded an album, and began gigging regularily at Gilman Street (Berkeley's punk club). When John Kiffmeyer, the drummer on Green Day's debut 39/Smooth, left the band for college, Tre, with Livermore's blessing, hopped aboard. Tre married his girlfriend Lisea Lyons in March of 1995, they have a daughter together named Ramona. They have since seperated but are apparently still on good terms. Tre is now expecting another child with his wife.
