British rhythm and blues, rock, R&B, freakbeat, garage rock
Years active
1963–1968 1977–present
Labels
EMI Columbia
Members
Keith Grant John O'Leary Mark Freeman
Past members
Don Craine Del Dwyer
Downliners Sect are an English R&B and blues-based rock band, formed in the 1960s beat boom era.[1] Stylistically, they were similar to blues-based bands such as The Yardbirds, The Pretty Things and the Rolling Stones, playing basic R&B on their first album The Sect.[2] Critic Richie Unterberger wrote: "The Sect didn't as much interpret the sound of Chess Records as attack it, with a finesse that made the Pretty Things seem positively suave in comparison."[1]
^ abRichie Unterberger. "The Downliners Sect | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
^Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 393. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
DownlinersSect are an English R&B and blues-based rock band, formed in the 1960s beat boom era. Stylistically, they were similar to blues-based bands...
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