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@Alf0nse
I was properly into the shoegaze thing at the time and was in the right place for it...Oxford late eighties early nineties. MBV were a huge influence on all those bands but were miles ahead. Ride got dull after the first three EPs, Chapterhouse had one song, Slowdive were hugely pompous but I was amazed when mogwai an going an identical thing arrived to great acclaim. Me I had a soft spot for the House of Love....tunes lyrics and loud as hell, the telescopes were violent then went jazzy then disappeared, the pale saints were great till Ian masters left and the Boo Radleys really took the britpop dollar. All of those bands sound similar but different to MBV.
Now who does shoegaze now? Fucking Coldplay