Blessid Union of Souls

Blessid Union of Souls (sometimes abbreviated to Blessid Union or BUOS) is an American rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio, formed in 1990 by friends Jeff Pence and Eliot Sloan. The band's first album, Home, had some success due to its lead single, "I Believe". The song popularized the band with local-area DJs and became the group's most successful song. Their second album, Blessid Union of Souls, did not reach the same level of success as Home, but the band's third album, Walking Off the Buzz, spawned the hit single "Hey Leonardo (She Likes Me for Me)".

History Blessid Union of Souls formed in 1990 with guitarist Jeff Pence (Morrow, Ohio), vocalist/pianist Eliot Sloan (Cincinnati, Ohio), keyboardist C.P. Roth (who had been in Ozzy Osbourne's touring band), and drummer Eddie Hedges. Sloan and Hedges had previously played together in a band in the 1980s called The Movies (not to be confused with the British pub rock band of the same name). The band's name originated from an episode of the TV series MAS*H. The band was heavily influenced by the cowpunk scene that was burgeoning around the time it formed. The band released its debut album, Home, in March 1995. Later that year, the...