The Quick

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The Quick were a rock and roll band from Los Angeles, existing from 1975 to 1978. Largely influenced by Sparks, the band developed a witty pop style that was later dubbed power pop. The Quick were a high-profile group in the independent music scene in Los Angeles at the dawn of the punk rock explosion.

The original singer was Marty Zucker who left before the lp was made. He can be heard on a punk compilation called "Saturday Night Pogo" on Rhino Records along with the Dickies and others. For this record the band had to use the name "Young Republicans" instead of the Quick for legal reasons. Marty later sang for Hufstetter's next band the Falcons using the name Marty Martino. They were a blue-eyed soul band circa 1979 - 81 which included Benair. This band made no official recordings.

The Quick put out one album, Mondo Deco, on Mercury Records, in 1977. At that time, they were managed by Kim Fowley. While consistently popular in local clubs, their album met with little commercial success, and the band broke up prior to recording a second album, though they did release a couple of extremely limited-edition records to their fan club. Those records contained what has become their best known song, "Pretty Please Me" which was later recorded by Redd Kross and The Dickies.

Most of the band's material was written by guitarist Steve Hufstetter, who went on to play in The Dickies during the 1980s. Lead singer Danny Wilde went on to Great Buildings and The Rembrandts. Keyboardist Billy Bizeau would go on to collaborate on writing songs with Kim Fowley. Drummer Danny Benair played with several other Los Angeles bands, including The Three O'Clock.

The Quick also refers to a band in the early 00's featuring former Spacehog Bassist Royston Langdon, the band later changed their name to the Tender Trio before splitting up.