"Downliners Sect"@en . . . . . "1968Z"^^ . . . "The Downliners Sect are a British R&B and blues-based rock band of the 60s 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.\""@en . . "1963Z"^^ . "group_or_band" .