The band began as Inspector Luv and the Ride Me Babys in Tacoma, Washington before becoming Green Apple Quick Step, in Seattle, by 1992.
The initial lineup under the new name consisted of lead vocalist Tyler Willman, guitarists Daniel Kempthorne and Steve Ross, singer-bassist Mari Ann Braeden, and drummer Bob 'Mink' Martin.
Their third album, New Disaster, was recorded in 1998, with new lineup including Dana Turner on guitar and Dain Hudson on drums was planned for release that year, but remains shelved.
[1] Green Apple Quick Step started as the Tacoma-based band, Inspector Luv and the Ride Me Babys,[2] consisting of vocalist Tyler Willman, guitarists Steve Ross and Dan Kempthorne, drummer Bob Martin and bassist Eric Munday.
[2] The band that would eventually become Pearl Jam played their first-ever show (when they were still called Mookie Blaylock) for Inspector Luv and the Ride Me Babys, on October 22, 1990 at the Off Ramp Cafe in Seattle.
[8] With Nick DiDia and Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard producing,[8][11] Green Apple Quick Step began recording their second album in October 1994.
[13] In support of the album, they began a residency tour, during which the band played several shows each in the cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and Phoenix[9] before a starting a second residency tour of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.[9] They performed at the Bumbershoot arts and music festival at the Seattle Center Arena with The Presidents of the United States of America, Sky Cries Mary, Love Battery, Seaweed, The Spinanes and Supersuckers and they also supported Candlebox at their New Year's show.
[15] Green Apple Quick Step then signed with Columbia Records[6][16] and spent over a year writing songs for their new album, prior to which, guitarist Ross left the band[17] to later, along with Kempthorne, form The Briefs, under the pseudonym Steve E. Nix and Daniel J. Travanti.
Guitarist Dana Turner[18] took Ross' place,[16] and they recorded their third album in Los Angeles at Ocean Way Studios with producer Matt Wallace.
[19] Reading joined the band in June 1997 following a successful tryout in May 1997[19] and they recorded a music video for the album song "Kid", which was later shown on MTV[20] and featured on the soundtrack to the 1997 film I Know What You Did Last Summer.
Willman also performed with several other projects including Hula Bess in July 1999, with former Gigolo Aunts' Phil Hurley[27] and Mass Sugar in 2007–2008.
Ty, MariAnn, Steve, Dan, and Geoff played two sold out shows with Candlebox at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle July 21, and 22, 2018.