My first exposure to Maiden was in 1985, when we moved from Arkansas back to Kentucky for a while. My cousin had a copy of Piece of Mind on cassette that somehow ended up in one of our boxes of stuff.
I put it in, and this 8 year old kid was hooked. My dad hates metal with a passion, so you can imagine what he said when he heard me playing To Tame a Land.
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU LISTENING TO?? TURN THAT SHIT OFF!!"