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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.  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?

“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?

“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 6 months.  Then one day James rang me up and at one o’clock in the morning and is exact words were” Let’s 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?

“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 year our music!  The tracks called “Jolly Christmas”, buy it on itunes on December 6^th!”

Who has been your biggest inspiration?

“Our biggest inspiration has probably got to be Blink 182.  There 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” their from England and we met them a couple of years back and we’ve stayed in touch ever since!”

Do you ever think you and Black and Black could tour together?

“Yeah I can’t see why not, their a great group of lads and I would be more than welcome 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?

“I’m off to Spain for two weeks with the girlfriend, so it’s going to be sun, sea and booze haha!  Then I’ll come back and get into the studio with the boys and see what goes from there.”

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 your 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!