Original release date: 1/7/14
Original Episode Notes:
Has your van ever broken down in a location so remote that you have to live in a junkyard for three days, almost succumbing to local traditions and never leaving, nearly marrying the one girl in the junkyard - the junkyard princess, if you will - endearing yourself to the local youth, who look up to you like a Rock God descended from heaven?
Have you ever had to search for a vet on tour because your dog's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_gland">anal glands</a> needed squeezing?
Have you ever convinced a friend to put on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_(armour)">chainmail</a> so your questionably sane friend from high school could stab him?
Yeah, me neither.
Seattle's <a href="http://gladiatorseatfire.bandcamp.com/">Gladiators Eat Fire</a> have done all this and more.

The Wasted Years Podcast originally ran from 2012 to 2014, and 15 episodes were released. The Wasted Years is bands and musicians telling stories about touring. This is real life viewed through the lens of the touring musician. Producer/Host Aaron Semer stopped making new podcasts because life and other musical endeavors got in the way. Here they are, re-uploaded, for old fans and new. Enjoy!

All episodes produced, recorded, edited, and mixed by Aaron Semer. Theme song by Aaron Semer. All other music is courtesy of the bands and musicians being interviewed.