1988. I was 8 years old and my had to be "rescued" from my parents so I moved in with my aunt and uncle. They had their own two children, a son and daughter, who instead of cousins would now be like my brother and sister. My new brother was 14 at the time, and was listening to all the latest metal and hard rock. I came from a background of country music and had NEVER heard anything like I was hearing. I heard album like The Joshua Tree by U2, Hysteria by Def Leppard, Appetite for Destruction by Runs in Noses, Master of Puppies by Metallica, and, lastly, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. My nu-brother had posters of Eddie all over his walls and I first heard the title track to Seventh Son of a Seventh Son which was called Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. I liked all the music I was hearing, but I was mesmerized by Eddie and that album. Almost immediately I knew they were the band for me. Over my next few pre-teen years I'd go to my friend's house, who had all the Maiden material on cassette or CD, and I'd dub every single one. Then I'd go to my Uncle's luggage repair shop because they had a copy machine, and I'd xerox black and white copies of the album sleeves so my Cassettes would look good. Then as I got older, into my later teens, I started actually buying all the Maiden albums on CD. I still have my collection of all of Maiden's '98 remasters on CD plus the original CD copies of X Factor and Virtual XI along with every CD released since then. I also now own everything again on vinyl.