Co-founded in 1990 by friends Jeff Pence and Eliot Sloan, who hailed from Morrow
and Cincinnati respectively, genre-defying Ohio group Blessid Union of Souls
promptly snapped up a coveted deal with EMI in 1992 after impressing the label
with their unreleased demos. Distilling a vast array of influences from rock,
country, jangle-pop and other genres into their music from the outset, the group
found success with their gold-certified debut album, Home, which reached number
78 on the Billboard 200. Brimming with wholesome Christian messages, the LP
yielded a major hit in 1994’s “I B...