Frank Edwin Wright IIIFrank was born in Frankfurt, West Germany on December 9, 1972, and was raised in Willits, California, U.S. He is the oldest of two children to Frank Edwin Wright II and Linda Wright. His younger sibling is Lori Wright.
He has German heritage, and his father was a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. Frank's closest neighbour was Larry Livermore, who was then the singer of the punk band The Lookouts. When Wright was 12, Livermore recruited him as the drummer of The Lookouts. He has German heritage, and his father was a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. Wright's closest neighbour 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 Tre took on the name of "Tré Cool", based on both the French word "très" (meaning "very") and the English word "cool" as a way of saying he was "very cool". However, the silent "s" has been dropped in the spelling, as a play on the "third" in his name. |