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 the band together that opened for Slipknot in mid-1999. This put them in touch with Slipknot's Shawn "Clown" Crahan. After deciding to replace their guitarist they auditioned several players, The band went through several line up and name changes before becoming Downthesun. The line u...
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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 the band together that opened for Slipknot in mid-1999. This put them in touch with Slipknot's Shawn "Clown" Crahan. After deciding to replace their guitarist they auditioned several players, The band went through several line up and name changes before becoming Downthesun. The line up that recorded the album in June 2001 was: Lance Collier-bass, Aaron Peltz-vocals,Anthony "Satone" Stevens- Vocals, Nathan Church-Electronics&Vocals;,Neil Godfrey-Guitar, Danny Spain-Drums.
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.Although listed on the album liner notes, Swink did not play on the album. Downthesun was briefly signed...
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