Of all the British R&B bands to follow in the Rolling Stones' footsteps, the Downliners Sect were the rawest. The Sect didn't as much interpret the sound of Chess Records, as attack it. Long on crude energy and hoarse vocals, but short on originality and songwriting talent, the band never had a British hit. They did, however, have some sizable singles in other European countries. Despite their lack of commercial success or appeal, the band managed to record three albums, various EPs and singles, between 1964 and 1966, with detours into country-rock and an EP of death-rock tunes. Although a version of the group recorded both before and after the Downliners Sect of the mid-1960s, it is the work from 1964 through 1966 that continues to attract connoisseurs of '60s garage and punk. (See Personnel Lineups below.)