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{{Short description|American rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name                = Green Apple Quick Step
| image                 =
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| background          = group_or_band
| alias               = Inspector Luv
| origin              = [[Seattle]], Washington, U.S.
| genre               = [[Alternative rock]], [[post-grunge]], [[psychedelic rock]]
| years_active        = {{Start date|1992}}–1998<br/>{{Start date|2009}}–present
| label               = Medicine, [[Reprise Records|Reprise]], [[Giant Records (Warner)|Giant]], [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| associated_acts     = [[Calm Down Juanita]], Celebrity Damage, [[Devilhead]], [[Loaded (band)|Loaded]], Mass Sugar, [[New American Shame]]
| website                 =
| current_members     = Steve Ross<br/>[[Tyler Willman]]<br/>Daniel Kempthorne<br/>Mari Ann Braeden<br/>[[Geoff Reading]]
| past_members        = Dana Turner<br/>Bob Martin
}}

'''Green Apple Quick Step''', often abbreviated as '''GAQS''', is an American [[Rock music|rock]] band from [[Seattle]].  Their sound was described as hard-edged, [[post-grunge]] rock.  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 (musician)|Steve Ross]],<!--[http://realgonerocks.blogspot.com/2010_03_01_archive.html]Ross went on to form punk band [[The Briefs]], and then [[The Cute Lepers]], both under the pseudonym [[Steve E. Nix]]. (seeking more RS's now)--> singer-bassist [[Mari Ann Braeden]],<!--see old deleted diffs on this article for details & cites, her marriage, etc. for new article development on her.--> and drummer Bob 'Mink' Martin.

The original lineup recorded and released two records: ''[[Wonderful Virus]]'' in 1993 and ''[[Reloaded (Green Apple Quick Step album)|Reloaded]]'' in 1995.  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.  Their music has been featured on the soundtracks for three films, ''[[The Basketball Diaries (film)|The Basketball Diaries]]'', ''[[I Know What You Did Last Summer]]'', and ''[[Homegrown (film)|Homegrown]]''.

They disbanded in 1998 and then re-emerged more than a decade later to perform more shows in 2010, with Willman hopeful of releasing their third album.  As of May 2010, the band consisted of lead vocalist Ty Willman,  guitarist Dana Turner, and drummer [[Geoff Reading]], with guitarist [[Mike Squires (musician)|Mike Squires]] and vocalist Christa Wells joining them for the reunion shows.<ref name=DriscollVolcano>{{Cite web | last = Driscoll | first = Matt | title = Coming Home: Green Apple Quick Step's Ty Willman and his Tacoma roots | work = [[Weekly Volcano]] | date = March 17, 2010 | accessdate = 2011-06-18 | url = http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/music/features/2010/03/grean-apple-quick-step-tacoma-music/ | archive-date = 2011-07-18 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110718023117/http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/music/features/2010/03/grean-apple-quick-step-tacoma-music/ | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name=IzenmanVolcano>{{Cite web | last = Izenman | first = Joe | title = Green Apple Quick Step – Live Reviews | work = [[Weekly Volcano]] | date = March 27, 2010 | accessdate = 2011-06-18 | url = http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/music/live-reviews/2010/03/green-apple-quick-step-tacoma-concert-review/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110719022640/http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/music/live-reviews/2010/03/green-apple-quick-step-tacoma-concert-review/ | archive-date = July 19, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref>