Downliners Sect

Article summary

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."

Key claims

1. date of birth: 2022-02-24 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of birth: 1945-03-29 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. release date: 1979 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. release date: 1991 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. release date: 2011 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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5. The record states that the release date is "1991". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. The record states that the release date is "2011". What evidence would count against this claim?
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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366512424