Wasted - The House That Fear Built

  Last year I posted a great song from 2011 by Finnish band Wasted (http://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/wasted-doom-train.html) and now I'm happy to post something new by them.

  They've been together for 20 years now and to celebrate that milestone they're releasing a new 12" called The Truth Will Not Be Televised. It's scheduled for release on September 16th and you'll find a track from it below.

  The rest of the year will see them touring Europe and the dates are posted on their Facebook page.

  This is The House That Fear Built......

Fear is the foundation of the house we built
The walls of ignorance surround us high and thick

All of these walls have been painted in blood
Guns and prayers are gonna keep us safe from harm

And now we watch it all go down in flames and we keep pointing
at someone else to come and take the blame for all our problems
All the hate and bigotry is what got the fire started
We just keep on putting out fire with gasoline

We see what divides us but we ignore 
all that could unite us and break us through the door 

We see a problem in all solutions found 
All the hate and bigotry will burn us to the ground

And now we watch it all go down in flames and we keep pointing
at someone else to come and take the blame for all our problems
All the hate and bigotry is what got the fire started
We just keep on putting out fire with gasoline

We’re putting out fire with gasoline

Wasted - Doom Train

 
  Today's song is by Wasted, a band who've been together since 1996 and who are from Joensuu, Finland.

  Influenced by the likes of Black Flag, Adolescents, Operation Ivy, Spermbirds and Stiff Little Fingers, they came together with the desire to play raw old school punk rock, something that was a rarity in the Finnish music scene at the time.

  Writing songs about the things that piss them off, they improved gradually and a move to Helsinki saw them progress to a level where they were ready to enter a recording studio. Their first release was 1998's Inside Out ep, this was shortly followed by the Battle Of Life ep. Interest was high enough by then that they played their first European tour and released debut album Suppress And Restrain (2000), as with many of their subsequent releases it came out on Combat Rock Industry and Boss Tunage.

  The years since have seen several line up changes, lots of touring and several great albums (Down And Out, Can't Wash Off The Stains, Heroes Amongst Thieves, Outsider From Choice and Here Comes The Darkness). There's also a couple of collections, Here We Go Again (2003) and The Early Years (2012).

  Curently touring Poland, the band is made up of Ville Ronkko (vocals/guitar), Tuomas "Jamppa" Jarvinen (bass), Antti Ronkko (guitar) and Mikka Jarvinen (drums).

  The song I've posted below is from 2011's Outside By Choice and is an top notch anthemic mid paced punk anthem called Doom Train.....