Downthesun is a six-piece music group from Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

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Missouri

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The band was formed by bassist Lance "Kuk" Collier and samples operator Nathan Church who were in the band together that opened for Slipknot

Slipknot (band)

Slipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. Formed in 1995, the group was founded by percussionist Shawn Crahan and bassist Paul Gray...

 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 to London/Sire records before the label folded, leaving the band unsigned for a brief period of time.

They were signed to Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...

 and released their self-titled debut album in 2002. Before the album's release, they shot a video for the song "Medicated", which was aired on MTV2's "Extreme Rock" and Fuse's "Uranium" shows, and can be viewed on YouTube.com. Early 2003, however, saw the band, for reasons unknown, experience a mass exodus of band members, as Aaron Peltz, Satone, Danny Spain, and Bruce Swink all left the band. Kuk and Church soldiered on, however, finding replacements for the departed members, and recording a few demos and playing live shows around the midwest before calling it a day in late 2003.

In 2010 downthesun has got back together to record new music.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/inthepit/askamy/index.aspx?askID=124

Discography

Title: Downthesun

Date: October 1, 2002

Label: Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...

• Track listing:

1. "Medicated" – (3:50)
2. "We All Die" – (3:23)
3. "Enslaved" – (3:34)
4. "Lucas Toole" – (4:34)
5. "Zero" – (0:30)
6. "Pure American Filth" – (3:26)
7. "Pitful" – (2:11)
8. "Scapegoat" – (2:57)
9. "Listen" – (4:52)
10. "Eye Confide" – (4:34)
11. "Jars" – (3:37)
12. "Revelations" – (15:30)

Demo/Unreleased Tracks

1. "Lost" – (3:33)
2. "Six" – (4:15)
3. "Consuming Me"
4. "Fade Away"

Members

• Anthony "Satone" Stevens – vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
   (1999–2003, 2010-current)
• Aaron Peltz – vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
   (1999–2003, 2010-current)
• Lance "Kuk" Collier – bass
  Bass guitar
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   (1999–2003, 2010-current)
• Nathan Church – electronics
  Electronics
  Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
  
   / samples (1999–2003, 2010-current)
• Danny Spain – drums
  Drum kit
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   (1999–2003, 2010-current)
• Bruce Swink – guitar
  Guitar
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   (2001–2003, 2010-current)

Trivia

• The song "Lucas Toole" was written about the late-70's serial killing duo of Henry Lee Lucas
  Henry Lee Lucas
  Henry Lee Lucas was an American criminal, convicted of murder in 189 cases and once listed as America's most prolific serial killer; he later recanted his confessions, despite professing information only the assailant would know and flatly stating "I'm a liar" in a letter to researcher Brad Shellady...
  
   and Ottis Toole
  Ottis Toole
  Ottis Elwood Toole was an American serial killer, arsonist and cannibal. Toole was an accomplice of convicted serial killer Henry Lee Lucas...
  
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• The band's name is said to come from the Wicca
  Wicca
  Wicca , is a modern Pagan religious movement. Developing in England in the first half of the 20th century, Wicca was popularised in the 1950s and early 1960s by a Wiccan High Priest named Gerald Gardner, who at the time called it the "witch cult" and "witchcraft," and its adherents "the Wica."...
  
   ritual Drawing Down The Sun. Band's founding member Kuk commented it and the band's first name "The Six" on downthesun's myspace
  Myspace
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  website: “Whether it's bit of astrology or numerology, there's meaning to downthesun. Our name means we draw down the energy of the sun to create our own circle of magic. Take, the number six, for instance. Six is the sun and nine is the moon. There are six of us in this band: three charged positive and three-charged negative. To have complete truth, you have to have both.”"

Links

• downthesun – MySpace Page
• downthesun – Roadrunner Page
• downthesun – Yahoo Group