BONUS – Blaze Bayley (Part 3)

We’ve reached the end of our bloviating Blaze-based bonus content. After focusing our first two Blaze bonus EPs on songs by Wolfsbane, the final in our series moves to listening to a few of his most recent releases. Ed listens to a single released in September 2024, “Ghost in the Bottle,” and the title track from Blaze’s most recent studio album, “Circle of Stone.”

But wait there’s more! As a bonus to the bonus, Ed sneaks in some belated holiday cheer when he realizes Blaze released a Christmas song in 2016, “Crazy Christmas.”

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