The 'Shoegazing' Thread

Lush I'd stick in category (2)!

Galaxy 500 are not a band I know particularly well.

Dinosaur Jr - I tend to think of them as a grunge band if anything. Truth be told they're probabl best described as a rock band, though one who were influenced by shoegaze (or at least the same things that true shoegazers were) and metal.

To me shoegaze is really category (2). Category (1) should not be called shoegaze cos it limits them unfairly, and category (3) is full of the numerous bands who shared elements of the sound, were not as good as the Holy Trinity but again it is unfair to call them and limit them as shoegaze.

Sure.

Except your time-lines are clashing with Dinosaur Jr. As far as I can tell they pre-date the rise of shoegazing. And, although there is a grunge element to them, Lou Barlow kept them from drifting too far into that genre. Lo-fi indie slacker rock pop ftw! Or something.