Thee Headcoats Sect were a trans-generational collaboration between UK garage punk icon Billy Childish and legendary 1960s R&B outfit The Downliners Sect. Formed in the early 1990s as a side project to Billy Childish’s prolific garage trio Thee Headcoats, the band brought together the primal energy of Medway garage punk with the raw, rhythm-and-blues grit of British beat history. (drums), and Johnny Johnson, alongside Don Craine, the original frontman of The Downliners Sect—known for his distinctive bowl-cut and his part in pioneering UK R&B in the 1960s. The resulting sound was a snarling hybrid of fuzz-drenched garage rock and amphetamine-charged British R&B, channelling the spirit of The Kinks, The Pretty Things, and Bo Diddley through a distinctly lo-fi, punk filter. Though short-lived, Thee Headcoats Sect released several recordings, most notably the Deerstalking Men album (1997) and 1999's Ready Sect Go, which showcased their reverence for classic rock ‘n’ roll coupled with a defiantly rough-edged delivery. They also reunited for a limited release in 2022, titled Tribute to Don Craine, honouring their late bandmate and garage pioneer. In 2025, the new Got SECT If You Want It! EP was released on Damaged Goods.
