Joe

"British rock group" is the stuff of legends indeed. Nicely played!

Top-tier wordplay. Difficult solve requiring lookups but still a lot of fun. Extra points for the theme playing out both horizontally and vertically.

This was a lot of fun to solve! And the color reveal after the happy music was chef’s kiss. Thanks.

16A has my inner middle-schooler doing double and triple takes.

LOOK! I'M A DEA HAT! *pardon my self-deprecating giggle fit*

I can't be the only one who initially entered FIDO REST for 14D.

Half a dozen rebuses later, the elegance of the puzzle finally revealed itself. OOH, nicely done.