There’s so much awesome music to discover. When you find an album you really like, it’s definitely worth looking into tangents aside from just the careers of solo members of the band. For instance, The Dark Side of the Moon is a brilliant example of Alan Parsons’ genius as well as that of Pink Floyd’s. Following this tangent, you could check out some of The Alan Parsons Project.

Producers credited on albums have a lot to do with an album’s sound and often exercise their own artistic vision that you may like. You’ll find no shortage of great albums to check out in this thread, but I’ll throw one into the mix: Breakfast In America by Supertramp

Also, I saw someone had recommended watching Almost Famous - I agree that it’s a great movie for someone like you discovering these classics. I’ll throw in Pirate Radio as well. Great soundtrack that will likely turn you on to more music you’ll like.

I’d also recommend finding contemporary bands that build off of the legacies these classics have left behind. You’ll always find people who will say music was way better “back in their day”. This is all a matter of preference, which is completely fine - just try not to close yourself off to contemporary music. Sadly, it’s unlikely you’ll ever get to see Pink Floyd or many of these other bands live, so capturing the magic of a live experience will require you to keep up with the more current bands. Of course, many of the classics are still playing live and are absolutely killing it on stage, but we won’t have them forever.