Group
Downliners Sect
60s UK R&B/beat band
- From
- Twickenham, United Kingdom
- Since
- 1963–present
- Rating
- ★ 5
- Releases
- 22
- country
- r&b
- rock
About
Downliners Sect 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 such as The Yardbirds, The Pretty Things and the Rolling Stones, playing basic R&B on their first album The Sect. 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."
Members
Discography
Albums
Singles
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Cadillac / Roll Over Beethoven
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Why Don't You Smile Now
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The Cost of Living / Everything I've Got to Give
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Glendora / I'll Find Out
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He Was a Square / All Night Worker
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Little Egypt / Find Out What's Happening
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Wreck of the Old '97 / Leader of the Sect
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Find Out What's Happening / Insecticide
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Baby What's Wrong / Be a Sect Maniac
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Little Egypt / Sect Appeal
Links
Official
Reference
Also known as
The Downliners Sect
Tags
- british rhythm and blues
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 411ca2ce-fbe1-4a14-be98-9839a8b2efaa
- ISNI
- 0000000090477232
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 10 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.