THEE HEADCOATS SECT is the inevitable intersection of two generations of mad-hatted Punk R & B misfits with musical and philosophical lineage that can be traced back over more than 30 years.

THE DOWNLINERS SECT were among the country's foremost rhythm and blues groups, their most prolific period being the years from 1964 to 1966.

Now, fast forward 30 years or so. THEE HEADCOATS, a group of punk R'n'B upstarts (including one Mr.

Billy Childish), wearing ludicrous headgear, are wowing the seething mass of young, uncouth, eccentric garage-heads at venues all over the world.

Now, fast forward again. What if the now greying original Sectarians were to team up with the upstart Headcoats? Pit these seasoned R&B icons against the punk energy of their bastard children, let 'em sink their still healthy choppers into some of Childish's brash, biting material and capture the whole mess on tape with as little technological interference as possible.

It couldn't be anything less brilliant! And it wasn't. That was the Frankenstein's Monster of British Garage's first outing, in 1996.

Now for the second time, lock up your daughters, fasten your deerstalker, and enjoy the irreverent spirit, and wicked sense of humour and irony that lives on in THEE HEADCOAT SECT!!!