While I'm not a great Rush fan, I do like quite a few of their numbers. I didn't start listening to them until seven years ago when I was forty-five, and only because where I work,The Post Office, by a vote of the workers the Classic Rock station K-Rock that played their stuff was allowed to be on during working hours on the speaker system. I had never heard a lick of their music before. But one day I couldn't get that song about "Today's Tom Sawyer" out of my head. They do a lot of interesting things structurally and try for better lyrics than the usual suspects.
I might be late in discovering Rush, but hey, I'm also just recently getting into Jethro Tull at the ripe old age of fifty-two.
Hey welcome to the family. You are never too late to discover some of the best music ever put out. Many people over the last 27 yrs have borrowed and drank from the cup of Rush. They have influenced millions.Just get some tickets this summer when they hit the road for the first time since 1996-97. You will not regret it.
If you don't know who Procol Harum is, you really need to check out their catalog. I suggest starting with "Shine on Brightly".