>>I really hope you’re pulling my leg here<<
IM worked mertarock but were riders on the train that started well before them and continued after.
Flash in the pan.
They were not “important” by any possible definition of non-sycophants.
Judas Priest was around before the NWOBHM. Where’s Praying Mantis or Diamond Head doing 3-year world tours? There’s Def Leppard, but what did they do for metal really? They got in on the arena rock train which died out for the most part in the 90s.
I was never a fan. Dickenson is an interesting guy none the less.
Black Sabbath with Ozzy, Black Sabbath with Dio. AC/DC, Judas Priest, Metallica, Megadeth,. All have their own significance.
When it comes down to vocal ability there can be only one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUjUIP2ugG4