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 Dan 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 guitarist Bruce Swink, the group was formed, referring to themselves as "the six".
They were signed to Roadrunner Records and released their self-titled debut album in 2002. The band went under the radar and were later dropped by Roadrunner. The band broke up in 2003.