Tré Cool

Tré Cool (Frank Edwin Wright III) (born December 9, 1972) is the drummer for the rock group Green Day. He joined the band shortly after the original drummer Al Sobrante left for college. He also can play guitar and accordion.

Biography

Drummer of Green day

Marriages and children

In March 1995, Tré married Lisa Lyons, his girlfriend, and together they had a daughter, Ramona (b. 1995). They later divorced, but are still good friends. Tré married in 2000 to Claudia, and they had a baby together named Frankito (b. 2001). They divorced in 2003, but they still live together in a house in Oakland, CA.

Drum-set

Tré has his own signature Slingerland drum kit, the "Spitfire". It consists of a 18×22 Slingerland Bass drum, a 5½×14 Slingerland Radio King Snare, a 6½×14 Chrome snare, an 11×14 Slingerland mounted tom, and a 16×16 Slingerland floor tom. Though the Spitfire comes with Slingerland cymbals, Tré still uses a 19′ Zildjian K Dark Thin Crash on the left, a 20" Zildjian A Medium Ride on the right, a 22" Zildjian K Heavy Ride on the bottom right, a 14" Zildjian K Medium Top, 14" K Medium Heavy Bottom Hi-Hats, and Zildjian Super 5B drumsticks. He also uses Remo Power Stroke 3 on his snare and bass drums, Remo Coated emperors on the tops of his toms, clear ambassadors on the bottoms, and Remo Falam Slam Pad on the bass drum.

Role in the band

His intensive playing, combining with powerful and fast performing are trademarks of Green Day. Without them is doubtful that they will have the same success as of now. Playing since childhood, his speed and discipline are marked by fans and critics as outstanding and Cool's performing hasn't changed for decades, despite aging. His undeniable skills and talent and as well as his eccentric, but humorous and amiable personality, complements and makes them the band they are.

Tré has performed vocals on some Green Day songs, such as Dookie's secret song "All by Myself", and American Idiot sidetrack "Rock and Roll Girlfriend". He also wrote the song "Dominated Love Slave" on Green Day's 1992 album Kerplunk, on which he sang and played guitar. This song is in fact the only one when Billie-Joe and Tré have switched places on drums and guitar. Tré also appears on the Fat Wreck compilation Short Music for Short People with Samiam. On the recent American Idiot tour, Armstrong introduced Cool as "the greatest drummer in rock and roll". Many fans and critics have come to view him as the heir to that title, originally attributed to the late Keith Moon of The Who.

External links

• Tré Cool at GeekStinkBreath.net