“Will we ever stop making music? NEVER. Not unless the whole world wanted us to”
Forgotten Dreams are a punk band from South Wales , Abergavenny. They started of back in 2000 where they performed at smoke filled pubs and busking in the town centre, and now today we have caught up with them on their tour of the UK “ Impossible is nothing”. They are a small band only consisting off a drummer, Zack Lowe, a bassist Liam Anderson and guitarist and lead singer James Mackay. They all attended the same secondary school which was King Henry situated in Abergavenny. Neither of them decided to go to university as they weren’t that keen on school and just wanted to concentrate on making music. Their ages range from seventeen to twenty two, James being the oldest and Liam the youngest with Zack ageing twenty years of age. They all currently live in the same house in their home town Abergavenny, where their parents still live but they are hoping to move out of Abergavenny when they get significant funds from their upcoming tour. We caught up with Zack an hour before they were meant to go on stage for the first gig of the tour. Here’s what we asked….
So here we are your first gig of the tour, how do you feel?
Zack- “Yeah man I’m feeling great. The boys are really excited just can’t wait to get out there and play some real music to these people, woo!”
You called the tour” Impossible is Nothing” Why is this?
Zack- “Back in 2005 we were told we weren’t going to make it big time, me and the boys were devastated and we stopped making music for six months. Then one day James rang me up and at in the morning and his exact words were, “Let’s get the band back together and make it big time”. And then from that day our motto was “impossible is nothing” We felt we could achieve anything, and now look at us!
You are releasing a Christmas single this year, was it for pure fun or are you challenging for that number one spot at Christmas time?
Zack- “Making the single has been real great fun with the guys; it really has got me in the Christmas spirit! Yeah if we reached the top ten we would be pleased, we mainly made this song so people could get to hear our music! The tracks called “Jolly Christmas”, buy it on itunes on December 6th!”
How long did it take you to make the Christmas track?
Zack- “Not that long surprisingly! We had some ideas written down before we went into the studio about how we wanted it to sound, and also we posted on our twitter (which you can follow us at #forgottendreams) and asked our fans to give us some lyrical ideas of their own and we had the odd occasional weird one but the rest were amazing so yeah the fans had a big input into our Christmas song.
What was the funniest lyric you had sent to you?
Zack- “I think the funniest one we had was from a man from Denmark I can’t remember what it exactly said but me and the rest of the band were laughing for days about it, but those moments are one of the reasons why we love getting our fans involved with our music!”
Will you be playing the Christmas song whilst you are doing your tour, if so why?
Zack- “Yeah man! I think it will be one of the last songs we play but we will definitely play it, what would be great if fake snow would start to fall when we were playing that would be awesome. We would play it just so our fans could hear it; I personally think it’s a great song so I hope the fans do to!”
Who has been your biggest inspiration?
Zack- “Our biggest inspiration has probably got to be Blink 182. They are a fantastic bunch of guys who produce amazing music, so yeah all the lads look up to them. We all hope and pray that one day we will be as big as them. Another great band that we are really close with is, “Black and Black” they are from England
Your set to release your second album in January, how did you feel the first album went?
Zack- “Yeah we are really excited to release our second album which is yet to be named so if you have any ideas tweet us! Our first album “No sunshine like tomorrow” which was the starting point for us really, it brought us together sort of like a family which was great!
Would you ever stop making music?
Zack- “Would be ever stop making music? Never. Not unless the whole world wanted us to”
Do you ever think you and Black and Black could tour together?
“Yeah I can’t see why not, they are a great group of lads and I would be more than happy to do a tour with them. We’ll just have to wait and see what happens!”
What are your plans for when the tour finishes?
Zack- “I’m off to Spain
Right now we have some questions from your fans, mainly from girls.
Emma- What’s your favourite meal before you go on stage?
“Bangers and mash! You really can’t beat that stuff. If I could only eat one thing for the rest of my life that would be it!”
Zoe- If you didn’t have a girlfriend would you date me?
“Haha is this girl desperate? No I’m joking. Well Liam is the only one who doesn’t have a girlfriend so I’ll ask him for you!”
Noel- Me and my band are struggling to make new music what do you think we should do?
“ My advice to any band if you’re struggling for new ideas is to take a break from being in the studio give yourself sometime to think outside and then come back in about two to three weeks and see what you’ve come up with, good luck man!”
Well we’ve come to the end of the interview now, just like to say a massive thanks to Zack and wish you and the guys the best of luck for the future and thanks to all the people who sent in questions! Also Forgotten Dreams are touring the Uk
