Belinda responds to criticism for bringing Iron Maiden

Recently the singer Belinda shared a photo through her social media in which she wears a skirt and boots with classic metal band prints Iron Maiden, A publication that caused criticism from some users who commented that he probably did not know the British group founded by bassist Steve Harris and led in the voice by Bruce Dickinson.

On his official Facebook account, Belinda add more than 300 thousand reactions with the two photographs he shared wearing his dress during his participation as coach in “La Veu México”, In which “Eddie the Head” is appraised, the most well-known mascot or graphical representation (of anthropomorphic type and often represented like skeleton or zombie) of Iron Maiden in its albums and that always has been anchor in the marketing of souvenirs and clothes by the group.

While most comments celebrated Belinda’s originality for the design of the boots and skirt, other users charged assuming that the singer, for the pop style of her music, was unaware of Iron Maiden and that she is not really a fan of the heavy metal genre, there were even those who shared tattoos and photographs with the band’s musicians to point out that they are fans.

The singer replied: “I think you lack a bit of pop culture, the stereotypes you handle about people (mostly women from what I see) are out of place … Better run and pay attention to my Instagram stories because have an idea about my musical tastes“, This after the comment made by a user became popular among the post generating controversy among the fans themselves:” how beautiful my love, I wish you knew who Iron Maiden is. “

The marketing of the image of Iron Maiden in pieces and souvenirs is not new, as for a couple of years the band has consolidated it in its own market with special products such as the sports edition based on the club’s beach West Ham football, as well as glass cups, puzzles, action figures, Eddie masks, his own “Trooper” beer, and recently mouthguards.

In this context, James Hetfield, vocalist and musician of the Angelina band Matallica, has reacted at other times to public figures who use pieces or accessories related to rock groups, where he has taken with humor that personalities like Avril Lavigne, Kim Kardashian or J Balvin, for example, have dressed – not related to the heavy metal genre – to which the singer responded: “Why couldn’t I be a Metallica fan? Maybe he’s just using them for fashion, but I think he could have picked better beach ones than these, ”he expressed as he recognized the album covers on the pieces.

And to all this Who are Iron Maiden?

The band began their journey in mid-1975 at the urging of musician Steve Harris, who is credited with the first lineup and part of the original concept that has accompanied the group that quickly gained popularity for its proposal. aesthetics, stridency on the stage and lyrics that have progressively explored the human condition from the political, the fantastic and the war.

Although the band began to become popular in the underground scene on their first unreleased albums, it was not until 1982 when they released their third album “The number of the beast”, which meant the first participation of the ‘current and best known singer Bruce Dickinson.

For 1985, Iron Maiden, already with recognition in Europe, he drove one of the most important world tours and key to their career and that would open the market not only with Spanish-speaking fans in Latin America, as Brazil, in Rock In Rio de Janeiro, was one of the first countries to host with full concerts.

After the release of another of his iconic albums “Fear of the dark”, in 1992 Iron Maiden reached a global consecration, but a year later came the release of his vocalist Bruce Dickinson, so the singer Blaze Bayley went entering the stage to meet the world tour the band had at the door, which set off a new stage with their fans and style on stage. It was not until 1999 that Bruce Dickinson returned to the official lineup.

With the “Somewhere Back In Time” tour, Iron Maiden surprised its audience in 2008 when they presented their own aircraft carrier, a Boeing 757, with the band’s distinctive image, which was piloted by Bruce. who is a qualified pilot and took the group for 45 days to reach different countries such as India, Costa Rica, Australia, Argentina, Sao Paulo and Tokyo, to fulfill their concerts and special presentations.

With 44 years of experience, Iron Maiden has sold over 90 million records, Has had more than two thousand live concerts in 63 countries and 16 studio productions.

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