Dare To Dream With ZACH BRITT From DREAM ON DREAMER

Interview by Kris Peters
Australian metal outfit Dream On Dreamer were an international
sensation in the early part of this decade, playing, amongst other
things, 24 different countries and sharing the stage with bands
such as Avenged Sevenfold, Pierce The Veil, Memphis May Fire, A Day
To Remember and plenty more.
With four chart-topping albums to their name, including the highly
successful Loveless (2013), it seemed the world was there for Dream
On Dreamer's taking.
Until, seemingly out of the blue, the band announced that they
would be parting ways after eleven years together in February 2020,
citing the need to focus on their personal lives. It came as a
shock to their fans far and wide, with the April 2020 album What If
I Told You It Doesn't Get Better threatening to be the last we
would hear of this promising band.
In June 2023 fans received the news they had been hoping for when
Dream On Dreamer announced they would be reforming for a national
headlining tour which dutifully sold tickets by the bucketful and
ensured Dream On Dreamer now had a reason to remain.
That decision was vindicated later that year when Dream On Dreamer
were announced - along with Sienna Skies - as national supports for
Of Mice & Men on their 2024 Australian tour, reportedly
hand-picked by the band themselves for the honour.
Now, with only weeks remaining before the first show kicks off in
Adelaide on February 23, HEAVY managed to track down guitarist Zach
Britt to find out how the band is feeling about the upcoming tour
and what they have planned for the near future.
"We're pretty pumped," he enthused about the tour. "It's been a
while since we had a run on the field. We've been on the bench a
little while and we're really excited. We're excited to get out
there and stretch our legs again. It's always fun just hanging out,
especially as we've gotten older and not toured non-stop all the
time. It's really nice when we get to do it now, and we appreciate
every time. Of Mice & Men are such heavy hitters… it's a
privilege when you get to play with bands like that. I think the
more we've grown up now, the more we appreciate these tours. There
was a lot of tours that we didn't really take stock while we were
there, and now I think back to a lot of them and think 'oh my God,
I wish I was a little more present minded' (laughs). I think now
we're just excited to make the most of it and get out there."
In the full interview, Zach talks more about the tour and what is
expected of Dream On Dreamer as a band, being personally selected
for the Of Mice & Men shows and how that feels, having two
Australian bands as supports and the flow on effects for Australian
music, how he controls the nerves leading into shows of this
magnitude, the band's fresh approach to playing and touring and how
he thinks it will benefit them in the future, announcing the
comeback last year and what changed to make the band try again, how
it felt to be welcomed back with open arms by the fans, proving a
point to themselves and others, new music, future plans and
more.