The Quick (U.S. Band) - Band Members

Band Members

• Danny Wilde - lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist
• Steven Hufsteter - lead guitarist, primary songwriter
• Billy Bizeau - keyboardist, backing vocalist
• Ian Ainsworth bassist, backing vocalist
• Danny Benair - drummer

Most of The Quick's material was written by guitarist Steven Hufsteter (who would later become a founding member of The Cruzados). He currently plays in Tito & Tarantula with fellow former Cruzado member Tito Larriva.

Lead vocalist Danny Wilde and bassist Ian (Grey) Ainsworth formed Great Buildings and released one LP on Columbia Records. Wilde later partnered with Phil Solem as The Rembrandts. They found success with their recording of the Michael Skloff/Allee Willis-co-written song "I'll Be There For You," which was used as the theme song for the TV show Friends

Keyboardist Billy Bizeau would go on to collaborate on writing songs with Kim Fowley (the band's initial manager) for The Runaways.

Drummer Danny Benair played with several other Los Angeles bands, including Flyboys, Choir Invisible, The Falcons, The Weirdos, and The Three O'Clock (formerly Salvation Army) before switching to the behind-the-scenes licensing business and founding a film soundtrack song placement agency, Natural Energy Lab.

One of their early songs, "Guardian Angel", appeared in 1978 on Rhino Records' "Saturday Night Pogo" new wave compilation LP. To avoid copyright problems, this early recording was credited to "The Young Republicans".

Producer David Campbell is the father of noted alternative musician Beck Hansen.

Benair's girlfriend during much of his tenure in The Quick was Lisa Fancher, who wrote liner notes for The Runaways' debut album, then went on to found the influential independent record label Frontier Records.