FULL NAME : Frank Edwin Wright III
AGE/BIRTHDATE : 32; born December 9, 1972
HOMETOWN : Willits, California, USA
EYE COLOR : Blue
NATURAL HAIR COLOR : Brown
HEIGHT : 5'6 (?)
MARTIAL STATUS : Married his long time girlfriend
Lisea Lyons in March of 1995. They divorced sometime after. In May 2000, he
married Claudia. In 2003, he and Claudia broke up.
CHILDREN : Ramona, born January 1995 to ex-wife,
Lisea Lyons; Frankito ("Little Frank"), born 2001 to Claudia.
FAMILY : Tre grew up with his father and 2
siblings. He now lives in Oakland, California with his ex-wife, Claudia, and
son, Frankito.
WHEELS : A SUV.
INSTRUMENTS : Drums, the accordion, and the
guitar.
OTHER BANDS : Tre has also played with The
Lookouts, Sreeching Weasels, and Samiam.
Frank Edwin Wright III was born December 9, 1972, making him the youngest
member of Green Day. He lived in the Mendocino mountains, California with his
dad and his 2 older siblings. His dad, a helicopter pilot in Vietnam, decided
the move the family there to insulate them upon his return to the United States.
Tre's closest neighbor was none other than Lookout! Records owner Lawrence
Livermore, who also owned the punk band the Lookouts. At age 12, 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). After Green Day's first tour
around the country (following the release of 39/Smooth), John Kriftmeyer decided
to leave Green Day. Looking no farther than Gilman Street, Billie Joe and Mike
recruited Tre, who was already a 5 year veteran of the Gilman Street scene.
Tre decided to drop out of high school his sophmore year. However, he did pass
an equivalency test and earned his GED, and he even 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. Tre's father, who owns a small
trucking company, overhauled a used bookmobile, and even served as the driver on
three seperate tours. "I watched them go from a bunch of kids to a group of
musicians with work eithic," says Tre's father, Frank Wright. "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)
Tre had a daughter named Ramona in January of 1995, then he married his long
time girlfriend Lisea Lyons in March. Him and Lisea are divorced now, but Tre
remarried in May of 2000, to Claudia. Claudia and him have a son named Frankito,
which means "Little Frank". Tre and Claudia divorced in 2003, but they still
live together with Frankito in Oakland, California. Recently, Tre has been
linked to Donna C., drummer of
The Donnas, however they
are no longer together.