Downthesun was a six-piece music group from Kansas City, Missouri. The band was formed by bassist Lance "Kuk" Collier and samples operator Nathan Church who were in a band together that opened for Slipknot in mid-1999. This put them in touch with Slipknot's Shawn "Clown" Crahan, who introuced the two to future downthesun members in drummer Danny Spain and co-vocalist Satone, who was once a former Slipknot "Clown Tech". With the further addition of a second co-vocalist in Aaron Peltz and former Ultraspank guitarist Neil Godfrey, the group was formed, referring to themselves as "The Six". After recording the guitar tracks for their self-titled debut, Godfrey left the band to join first Motograter, and then Lo-Pro with former Ultraspank singer Pete Murray. The band then recruited Bruce Swink to handle the guitar for the band's live shows. Downthesun was briefly signed to London/Sire records before the label folded, leavi

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