And all the reasons you enumerated are why I’m still listening to Iron Maiden.
Heavy metal genre, to be sure, but still far superior to what passes for “Top 40” these days.
And Bruce Dickinson is just an awesome human being. A modern polymath.
"Easy, guys.. I put my pants on just like the rest of you -- one leg at a time. Except, once my pants are on, I make gold records."