I walked into Angel'z, a small diner off Hollywood Blvd. I was just about 45 minutes late to the interview because I missed my exit and took what should have been a five minute detour but in Hollywood you gotta times the five minutes by nine…well in my instance. There was stifling traffic where individuals became oblivious to anyone around them and decided to cut each other off one after the other. Then there's the busses, let's not get into those reckless boulders. I swear I almost died today, more than once. I continued on Western, which looked like a damn parking lot. Traffic is getting so bad these days, a pedestrian is someone in a hurry.

Anyway, I made my way towards the table where I saw this tall, handsome, yet slender guy waiting comfortably at the booth. His un-showered, russet colored hair became conspicuous with the brilliant sunlight gleaming through the glass window eliciting the chunk of peroxide tinted strands resting just above his eyes. There were two plates on the table, one with two strips of emaciated bacon withering away into grease and a scoop of pale, milky eggs wilting beside them. The other plate was accompanied by a slice of half-eaten, soggy french toast. I could see the thick syrup oozing through the golden-brown bread, smothering it to its death. There was a half-full glass of orange juice and a book in his hand by Tommy Lee, The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band. His name was Dann Saxton, the vocalist of Kill the Complex.

Kill the Complex, a quartet from Hollywood, California formed a band with quite the fascinating chronicle. Dann Saxton derived from his previous band, Elmwood, whom recorded at Avilon Audio owned by Gabriel Heredia, who then became the guitarist shortly after working as a recording engineer assisting a band called Butane, the previous family of Teddy, who is now their drummer. Finally, while in need of a bassist, the band hired a man by the name of Derik Envy. Together, moving ahead of their similar pasts, they created a punk-rock foursome with a funky ambiance and inspiring tunes.

With the hopes of releasing their first full-length album in March, the band set loose a four-track sampler, distributing about five thousand copies. "We are re-recording the songs for our album and we are gonna have a choir, it's gonna be pretty big," Saxton said. Though as a child Saxton was practically "brainwashed" into country music by his mom, many influences have helped achieve his goals while creating this record. "My oldest sisters, I'm the youngest, were into hair metal. I was listening to Slaughter and Warrant, the first record I ever had was Extreme, Pornograffitti, 'If you don't like what you see here, get the funk out!' And I actually did that song for a fourth grade lip sync thing and they pulled me off stage and got pissed off, it was pretty funny." However, his biggest influence is Muse. "No one fucking moves me like that band, nobody," Saxton said. Kill the Complex is currently finishing up a few tracks and collaborating on the anticipated choir plan. "It's pretty fluid and pretty easy. You know if anyone has an idea we always try it, there's never, "no we don't like that." There's no attitude, I mean everyone has an attitude but we all get along really well. We trust each other and that's a big deal."

As Kill the Complex and Butane, the band has played nearly a hundred shows across the country as well as Vans Warped Tour in 2005, building a platform for them while being listed in Music Connection Magazine's 2007 list of "Hot 100 Unsigned Artists."

The band has many aspirations while hypnotizing a number of fans with their charisma and genuine determination. "There are so many bands that are big right now that I watch live and I don't believe a thing they are saying. The biggest thing for me on stage is that I have to show them I believe what I am writing, and I do, I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't."

The new album is enthusiastic and reveals the bona fide dynamics of life and originality as the song "Palm Trees" brings you animated beats beneath the Hollywood sky, and "On the Outside" liberates captivating sounds about encouragement and having confidence in the world, while "Ambience" is an intriguing dream where music can shield us from all our nightmares.

The band grasps dedicated optimism and sky-scraping expectations for their upcoming album. "I think every band has dreams for their music, some bands don't mind being club bands, they're just happy with playing and making ends meet. I want to change the world. I know a lot of people probably say that but I think that I can and I think that we can and I think that music is bigger than most bands that I hear, and truer than most bands that I hear, so I want it all and I think that can happen. I just want to write and sing and move the world, and my hips."


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