The Wilderness Years

I have lived listening to this. Great fun listening to both sides of the argument. Makes you want to go for a beer with both.

This podcast is brilliant! Such a good format as you, along with Sam, have to do homework between episodes and its great to listen to albums in whole which is less common these days.

I’m lucky to know the hosts but if this is the first time you meet Charlie and Sam, you will be endeared by their long standing friendship and will enjoy the love they have for each other, all be it shrouded with banter and piss-taking!

Two musician muckers giving their opinions on albums, bands, eras, genres with no real care for facts or research. Love it! Great concept and great timing on this coming out. Agreeing with both on different points and catching myself disagreeing out loud on others has only reminded me how much I miss the simple afternoon pub debate. Thanks guys. 👊🏻

I’ve known Sam Richards for many years. I know he is a man who loves playing golf, drinking red wine, wearing polo shirts and watching The Great British Bake Off.

It’s always amusing listening to him try and deny he doesn’t also secretly love Duran Duran.

Sam Richards is a self-proclaimed left-liberal. He abhors sexism. He abhors racism. He abhors this-ism and that-ism.

There’s one ism, however, that Richards propagates with irritating recurrence: era-ism.

Sam believes that the near decade and a half that passed from Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here to The Stones Roses’ eponymous debut album were music’s wilderness years – approximately 170 months in which Sam believes quality music lay dormant, awaiting Ian, John, Mani and Reni to hail its re... more

What an excellent format The wilderness Years is. Charlie’s ‘John Peel’ to Sam’s ‘Alan Partridge’ 👌🏻😂 Whatever the outcome, music is the winner of this podcast (even if it was from 1975-1989). Top banter, a music education, and some much needed therapy for Sam. It’s brilliant - can’t wait for the next episode.

Sam is clearly a moron. Why can’t I turn it off though?!

Love this. So funny. Keep it up guys

The beauty of this show is that the central premise - that no good music was made for 14 years - seems initially absurd, but you can’t help finding yourself agreeing with both of the hosts at some point.

Sam and Charlie’s musical passion is infectious. This is like the best drunken debates but with added objectivity and actual facts (some are even true!).

What a show! Charlie and Sam cover some incredible music and the in jokes and laughs add so much character to the show. You don’t need to be into music to listen, but if you want to hear some hilarious introductions to things you may jot have heard, this is the place, it’s a must listen! 5 star rating from me! 😍

Enjoyed listening to this. Two musicians discussing great albums, hopefully over a cold beer. It’s funny and maybe even a little educational.

Been saying he is wrong for years but to get this from Sam’s perspective is amazing and this has opened my mind up loads to how he thinks. Very funny keep it up lads

Just listened to the second episode. Loved it! 👍🏼 it was like when Man Utd have just lost and Roy Keanes on the punditry... you know he’s gunna have a moan, and you can’t wait to hear it. Looking forward to the next one!

What a great show, and a nice theme! Love the parallels with Pele and ice creams. Can’t wait to listen to the next one to find out what Sam thought of ABC!

Like sitting in your local, overhearing 2 guys reflecting about a period of time where one has deemed that the ‘music scene’ became a baron landscape - over a few cans of red stripe.

Absolutely influenced by personal feelings, all facts presented are probably incorrect and a hilarious, but poorly constructed critique of the 80’s...

Funny, chilled - looking forward to the next one!