A Brief History of Shoegaze

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0:00 Intro
0:10 Shoegaze characteristics
0:36 The Early Roots of Shoegaze
2:44 Punk and Post-punk
3:58 Cocteau Twins
4:38 The Jesus and Mary Chain
5:44 Hüsker Dü, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr.
7:00 Spacemen 3 and Loop
9:07 My Bloody Valentine
15:17 Late 80s early 90s: A Surge of Shoegaze Bands
17:44 Ride
19:56 My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless
22:39 Slowdive
24:05 Other 90's shoegaze
26:00 The Downfall of Shoegaze
27:41 Nu gaze, Blackgaze
28:26 The Revival of Shoegaze
30:01 Shoegaze in Asia
32:37 Not an end!
33:09 THE REAL HISTORY OF SHOES
33:33 Hello more videos!
From Phil Spector's wall of sound technique, Punk/post-punk pioneers of The Stooges, Wire, Siouxsie and the Banshees, to 80s Cocteau Twins, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr, until the shoegaze trinity of My Bloody Valentine, Ride, and Slowdive.
The history of shoegaze is more fascinating than you'd expect!
Links mentioned in the video:
Loop's newest album: loopband.lnk.to/sonancy
Pitchfork's 50 Best Shoegaze Albums: pitchfork.com/features/lists-...
Asian Shoegaze Channel: / @asianshoegaze2342
Asian Shoegaze playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/5FU...
The Guardian's article on Asian Shoegaze: www.theguardian.com/music/201...
#shoegaze #dreampop #mybloodyvalentine #slowdive
references:
newsweed.com/shoegaze-a-compl...
www.treblezine.com/45-best-sh...
/ shoegaze_essentials_an...
pitchfork.com/features/lists-...
www.sweetwater.com/insync/the...
www.fender.com/pages/60th-ann...
Some acts mentioned: The Jesus and Mary Chain, Cocteau Twins, Spiritualized, Faust, Brian Eno, Wire, Siousxie and The Banshess, Joy Division, The Cure, The Chameleons, The Birthday Party, Bauhaus, Robin Guthrie, Elizabeth Fraser, Slowdive, Ride, Lush, Sonic Youth, Hüsker Dü, Dinosaur Jr, Swervedriver, My Bloody Valentine, Kevin Shields, 4AD, Creation Records, Spacemen 3, Sonic Boom, Loop, Galaxie 500, Dean Wareham, Bilinda Butcher, The Telescopes, The Boo Radleys, Pete Kember, A.R. Kane, Moose, Mark Gardener, Andy Bell, Jim Reid, Robert Smith, Mogwai, Chapterhouse, Catherine Wheel, Curve, Flying Saucer Attack, The Verve, Swirlies, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Mercury Rev, Medicine, Lilys, Bardo Pond, Mojave 3, Ulrich Schnauss, Alcest, Deafheaven, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, The Pains of Being Pure at heart, Beach House, Cigarettes After Sex, Ringo Deathstarr, Candy Claws, Nothing, DIIV, Tokyo Shoegazer, Kinoko Teikoku, My Dead Girlfriend, Oeil, She Her Her Hers, Broken Little Sister, 缺省Default, Forsaken Autumn, 波卡利甜 (Pocari Sweet), Manic Sheep
Thanks for watching :D

[@StellasEncounter]

Name your fav Shoegaze bands here! 😁😁😁

[@avgmaster1]

Slowdive !!!!!

[@flinx649]

Lush

[@Rifaudin1937]

Tokyo shoegazer untuk saat ini

[@RichInternationalAir]

Cocteau Twins, and The Pixies.

[@blackhistoryofrocknroll]

Lush The Veldt Star Flyer 59 A.R Kane Fold zandura My bloody valentines. Cool

[@amyhogarten5038]

I LOVE Gen-Z re-discovering the whole Shoegaze/Dream Pop scene. Believe me, it was an AMAZING time for music‼️

[@G-TV_TheOneManArmy]

Lush is legendary but underrated as well imo

[@guapanmessi4470]

Slowdive releasing Slowdive years later was awesome such a great comeback album

[@unemployablegraduate]

From someone who was ‘there’ at the time of the original 80s and 90s shoegaze bands, this is a pretty accurate summary, and I’m glad you mentioned lesser-known bands such as Moose, Curve and Pale Saints. The Asian shoegaze scene isn’t something I know much about, so thank-you for that. I don’t know if you know a band from England called ‘Seefeel’? On their album ‘Quique’, they fused elements of shoegaze with dub, techno, minimalism and industrial sounds. This was quite ‘ahead of its time’, because it came out in the early 1990s. You can find it easily on You Tube.

[@StellasEncounter]

Thank you! Yes I've heard of them, not very familiar though...

[@pluise]

The Birthday party and Pale Saints just don't seem to get credit for being so dreamy and delicious. Love them, still!!

[@juanbinckoski]

@@pluise true

[@davidellis5141]

That Seefeel album is a masterpiece 👌

[@StellasEncounter]

Listened to Seefeel 'Quique' today, like it a lot! Like shoegaze meets Aphex Twin! Thanks :)

[@KN-fy4vv]

Spot on adding Spacemen 3 and Loop to this discussion, absolute must haves

[@StellasEncounter]

both good bands too!

[@SamM_Scot]

Shoegaze and Dreampop forever ❤

[@BloodyArmourKnight]

Man, what a great time to be alive, late 80's, early 90's Shoegaze, Dreampop, but also Death and Black Metal, what a wonderful catalogue selection of music.

[@MIKROWAVE1]

As an older generation, I had never heard of Shoegaze till we got Urban Hymns by the Verve, which is certainly not shoegaze, but it eventually led me back to "A Storm in Heaven" .

[@Jabberwok28]

If you haven’t already, check out A Northern Soul. I think that is even better than Heaven.

[@MIKROWAVE1]

@@Jabberwok28 Ashcroft is more out front on this one, not mixed as a sound effect. So the Shoegaze is being left behind.

[@chrisnemec5644]

I actually saw Lush perform in Dallas in 1996. It was an amazing show. FWIH, lead singer Miki released a memoir not too long ago.

[@NZappone53]

My god. So many great songs and bands in this mini-documentary. So glad I experienced it as it happened.

[@seppoinnanen5577]

Slowdive's "Star Roving" started to flow in my ears immediately after this clip 🤟

[@briaredpath9386]

I met Kevin shields before he was the singer around the time of another record by my bloody Valentine ep.A tiny old 60s club called Basins in the brutalist shopping center in Portsmouth.Virtually everyone left after the support band 😳they were all friends of the band I guess.My friend Matt and I got talking to Kevin,he bought us a drink and took us backstage,where we shared our deep obsession with the Marychain.Kevin showed me his tuning at the time and how to play were so beautiful 😎.When we headed out there was I think one guy at the bar 🤦‍♂️ they basically played just for us it was a beautiful night,will treasure it.Years later Kevin was trying to get into a sold out marychain gig in Brixton and saw us in the queue,I gave him my ticket and we went in together then I pretended I needed to go outside and bought the ticket with me 😆🥳 could have met Jim and William as Kevin knew them but I just couldn’t bring myself too as I had shaved my head 😆 they didn’t look too impressed when they looked over 😆

[@briaredpath9386]

He invited us to sleep over at his squat that had flooded,they were sleeping in hammocks apparently,but I didn’t want to take his money for the train the next day 🤦‍♂️what am I like 😆

[@briaredpath9386]

Belinda was hauntingly beautiful.

[@StellasEncounter]

@briared Path what a story! thank you for sharing. I really don't know how to reply beyond, lol, wut! Have a great weekend

[@guillegermo9406]

Acá en Argentina tuvimos a "Asalto al Parque Zoológico". Bandon! Y su disco "Noise Sweet Noise"

[@DrDoobius]

Very awesome that you talked about MBVs early history. People tend to ignore it, but the first song by MBV my dad showed me was Tiger In My Tank

[@carlosx1237]

The Things I Miss is in my top five for MBV. It's so sweet!

[@blackhistoryofrocknroll]

One band that should've been mentored on that first wave was the Vedlt. They played shows with many of those early shoegaze bands and were apart of the innovation of that genre. They collaborated with Cocteau twins as well as AR Kane. I did an interview with them recently . If you like, check it out

[@thedarkblockagency]

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[@StellasEncounter]

haha thanks, i try and it's hard work!

[@thedarkblockagency]

@@StellasEncounter Well It Shows Miss Stella... You Have A New Fan ... One That Knows To Watch , Like & Comment! God Bless!!

[@StellasEncounter]

@@thedarkblockagency thanks for the support! Appreciated.

[@kenshin4113]

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[@StellasEncounter]

hahaha

[@ilyas_elouchihi]

You had my respect for including Curve and Flying Saucer attack, they are my favorite!

[@bleikrsound6127]

My Bloody Valentine and my band The Nightshade Project became friends when we toured together briefly in the U.S. - I now own the bass guitar played in the video ‘Only Shallow’, and Belinda now owns the bass guitar Tamara played in our video ‘Only Nothing’.

[@StellasEncounter]

wow, nice to meet you there! Glad you came by!😄

[@RadicalRoots23]

I was in this indie scene in Glasgow in the mid/late 80s, went to see many of these bands, and was friends with some. But we didnt like the terms shoegaze or twee. The word shoegaze seems to be mainly a term that younger folk not around at the time use as a shorthand to refer to the 80s indie music in Britain. And back then the scene was closely interconnected with people into 1960s music and style (which many younger folk into this music now seem not to realise)... So i always called it 'the 60s-indie scene'.

[@danielbigna5469]

A very well researched and presented video. You touched on all the main groups and many of the lesser known influences and early exponents like the underrated A.R. Kane. Although usually mentioned in shoegaze histories, you could argue the sonically magnificent Smashing Pumpkins album 'Siamese Dream' ticks all the boxes when it comes to the shoegaze sound and is a major album of the genre. A band that rarely gets mentioned is the Pacific Northwest post-hardcore band Unwound whose final album 'Leaves turn inside you' from 2001 has enough crunchy guitars and layered textures to qualify as a pretty decent shoegaze effort. Anyway great video Stella.

[@StellasEncounter]

Thank you! I just listened to the Unwound album you mentioned, it sounds bit dry to me to be considered as shoegaze, but I can see where you come from!

[@Pointblankmos]

I laughed so hard when you started singing Vapour Trail.

[@StellasEncounter]

Haha cheers!

[@nfalls75]

I guess you can say I'm an old school Shoegaze fan. My first club show was Lush and Ride in Palo Alto, California when I was 15 years old. I can close my eyes and still see Miki Berenyi walk up on stage. As the millennium turned, I was resigned to the fact that my beloved Shoegaze was destined to be forgotten, tossed into the dustbin of music history. But, I was so pleased to see the resurgence occur as all of these NuGaze groups sprouted up. I would even go on to see Lush, Ride, MBV, and Slowdive live again on their very popular reunion tours. This was a very well-informed video, and I'm glad that it came up on my feed. Great job!

[@StellasEncounter]

Thanks for sharing your anecdotal story :) I do believe shoegaze deserves to stand the test of time! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@guillegermo9406]

Ohh... and dont forget "Swirlies" !!!

[@jimmycburfield5997]

Brilliant video! The late 80’s and early 90’s were good times to a teenager from north west England. I loved this music

[@MauriceTituer]

A band I like which mix shoegaze with elements of electronica / trip hop is Bowery Electric. The song Freedom Fighter is a good example of what they do.

[@carlosantonio3663]

🇧🇷 Vídeo muito bom Stella parabéns!!! I recommend a Brazilian Shoegaze band called GORDURATRANS. This group is recent on the national scene but is very promising. I hope you enjoy!!

[@graffittitagger65]

Shoegaze is my favorite music genre, period

[@Jabberwok28]

As an old crank, I have had the good fortune to see many of these bands back in their heyday (for example, a triple bill of Buffalo Tom, Mercury Rev and MBV… this would have been around ‘92?) and the comprehensive nature of your video brought me right back there. As usual, well done, you! What has become my signature, have you heard of a band called Soundpool? They very much follow the Sunny Day in Glasgow model. They are quite good. There is another band named Asobi Seksu - they are from Brooklyn, of course. They have elements of shoegaze, but also a bit jangle pop and owe no small debt to Shonen Knife. The last band, yet again from Brooklyn, is one that sort of defies categorization: A Place to Bury Strangers. Have you heard of them? They are all over the map. I am a very big fan. Anyway, I will check another video soon and leave a comment.

[@StellasEncounter]

Thanks for your comment and support! Yeah I've heard of some of these, not Soundpool though, thanks for letting me know! :)

[@dwah1986]

Was hoping you would do a big shoegaze video like this, you make great content and have such a relaxing voice! You deserve lots more subscribers and views :) A few more bands you didn't mention that I would like to recommend you: Blind Mr. Jones, Pacific UV and Tribes of the City. And you probably know Coaltar of the Deepers, lots of shoe gaze elements to some of their stuff!

[@StellasEncounter]

Haha thank you! I didn't know about your recs and gave them a listen, all good finds - esp Pacific UV - thanks again :)

[@rempy9529]

why am i just finding your channel!!

[@Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence]

And if you ever wondered what inspired the shoegaze movement in the first place you should look back at some of the early to mid 1970's UK prog, progfolk, whatever. Black Widow had some protoshoegaze elements and a general proto "indie rock" kinda vibe for 1973. Just remember. There was always something that came before!

[@adsonjetson]

The volume ingredient is spot on. After seeing Ride at The Palace in Melbourne in about '92, my hearing was damaged for a week, but the "high" it created, made it worth it.

[@StellasEncounter]

Would love to see Ride in the 90s! I saw them a few years ago didn't find the volume to be too loud. I guess they play live differently now.

[@SuperKashiyuka]

Great work !

[@rsbah]

Thanks for making a video on this!

[@BoxieWoxie]

You should check out the Taiwanese band Fuguko (河豚子)! They're one of my favorite shoegaze acts at the moment

[@pedrinhosangrento5003]

thank you so much for this ❤❤❤ you're an angel!!!

[@atlasanon.2121]

Awesome video! Thanks for opening my eyes to some new sounds :))

[@InfectiousUneaseRadio]

Well done you nail it perfect . Great doco

[@sometoastedcat]

Some of my favorite modern shoegaze comes from the South Korean musician Parannoul. Definitely recommend to anyone into shoegaze or trying to get into shoegaze.

[@marshalsea000]

Another relic from the late 80s/90s - pretty good history. Always funny to watch the kids "eulogising" just what was happening as a follow on from before as if it came out of nowhere, so very refreshing to have someone acknowledging the massive post-punk roots of shoegaze. Post-punk... where all the best music stems from.

[@artomatt]

You introduce me to so much music that was made during my lifetime but I never heard. Kind of ironic with you being so much younger. Thanks for another cool and informative video. You always make me smile when you smile.

[@kellyj.azania4371]

@ artomatt I feel ya! I didn't discover Lush until 2005...ten years after the fact! I was forty-something.

[@LukeOnDemand]

god bless my youtube recommendations, great stuff!!

[@markriffey8899]

thank you so much for this. All of my favorite bands as a kid, and some new to me.

[@generaseven]

I love your mini-documentaries and your upbeat attitude.

[@rorymcveigh6533]

Great video. This was my scene and I saw a lot of those bands back in the day. Good to see that younger people are getting into it. Really appreciate the time you took to properly research and present such a detailed overview. Subscribed.

[@jaeilagatha4609]

Another awesome content!!!! ♥♥♥ really enjoyed watching it!

[@StellasEncounter]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@hipstervideo]

Great video. Thank you for posting.

[@StellasEncounter]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@thomt70]

Good work, thank you, Stella!

[@StellasEncounter]

Glad you liked it!

[@ecmathjazz]

Loved this, thnk you so much

[@briaredpath9386]

The Sunday’s album Blind is a beauty,one of Elizabeth Frasers favourite singers.

[@StellasEncounter]

I wasn't aware. Thank you for the heads up. Have a great weekend!

[@pbarra81]

Hello. Wonderful video 👏🏼🎸. I’d recommend you the album “Dynamo” (1993) by the argentinian band Soda Stereo. They were by far the biggest and most popular latinamerican rock pop band by the beginning of the nineties, and in their musical quest they suddenly released a shoegaze record, the only one in their discography. Turns out their vocalist/guitarist and main composer was apparently listening a lot of shoegaze at the time of composition of the album. Many people was confused at the time, but the album passed the test of time. I love that record👌🏼🎸

[@andersonsmith8625]

My discovery into Shoegaze maybe was backwards, I started with Black Metal and then discovered bands like Alcest and Sylvaine and then discovering Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine and Love Spirals Downwards and the like. Blackgaze is still probably my go to genre for when I don't know what to listen to.

[@StellasEncounter]

As long as you enjoy the journey, I'm not sure the path is important. Thanks for taking the time to reply! Have a great day!

[@Adrianovaz2007]

Great video, great work keep it up Stella!

[@StellasEncounter]

Thank you! Will do!

[@theweirdguys]

Thanks for making this video. You did an awesome job!

[@StellasEncounter]

Thank you!

[@gazfunk]

Nice overview. I remember the Kitchens Of Distinction being an important part of the development of that blissed out Shoegaze sound. Their first two albums are fantastic. History has kind of forgotten about them which is a shame.

[@StellasEncounter]

Good shout on them, didn't recognize the name, playing "Drive That Fast" feels like I've heard this song many times....

[@gazfunk]

@@StellasEncounter Its such a beautiful song. They are worth checking out.

[@labelledejour802]

Great video!! Make one of post-rock in this style pleaseee

[@AdamforPresident2.0]

Stoked to see you bring up bands like Swervedriver, and also take the Wall of Sound into account! I always think of that when I think shoegaze. I never knew about Don’t Cramp My Style by My Bloody Valentine so that was cool to learn! Great video.

[@juliohernandez9372]

You get it. I wasn't ready for this video to be SO good! And thank you for mentioning The Chameleons and Sarah Records, they hardly ever get mentioned by other videos on shoegaze!

[@ElBerto_]

Great video!! 🤘

[@StellasEncounter]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@briaredpath9386]

Great comprehensive overview 🙌🥳

[@StellasEncounter]

Very kind of you! Thank you for taking the time to reply. Have a great weekend!

[@erisrules]

How did I not know about your channel before? Brilliant…

[@ayanamirei74]

Great video! Just about my favourite genre, and you capture the essence of the feelings evoked so well. So cheerfully presented, too.

[@StellasEncounter]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@CptKehlvin]

Another one of my favourite genres that you covered with great detail. Good work! Thanks for the information, great research!

[@StellasEncounter]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@swinehorde9118]

I love your enthusiasm, Stella. I look forward to hearing your takes on different music genres and phenomenon.

[@StellasEncounter]

Thanks for your support, I appreciate it!

[@gazeunderthesunmusic]

Brilliant description of the shoegaze genre

[@animehair]

This was an impressive video! I was really impressed at how you included many obscure early bands and took the story through to the present day!

[@StellasEncounter]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@churchguy8325]

Great video

[@MyLifeAsLouis]

I was searching for some shoegaze music playlists & stumbled upon this video. Love the history explanation & hopefully to see more in future :)

[@StellasEncounter]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@petekutheis3822]

You deliver a very entertaining music genre educational experience. I could listen and look for hours straight! Awesome work Stella!

[@StellasEncounter]

I'm glad you are exploring my channel. Thanks for the kind words and positive feedback, it's well received.

[@RichInternationalAir]

Liked and subscribed! Well done, and a nice overview of shoegaze. 🎸

[@StellasEncounter]

Thanks for the sub!

[@cloroxbleach8131]

beautiful video

[@StellasEncounter]

That's very kind of you, thank you. Have a great weekend!

[@poxyclypse]

That was great! I know and love about 90% of these bands. I don't know how I found this, but, thank you. Everything you said is true.

[@StellasEncounter]

I won't assume everything I said/say is true, but thanks for giving me credits for that!

[@JANGLEPOP1]

Utterly adore Shoegaze. My favourite band has to be The Daysleepers..simply immaculate. Thank You for posting the interesting video.

[@dannyj77dj]

great vid ❤

[@sleepassist5745]

Ester Drang’s Goldenwest is a highly underrated shoegaze album.

[@fal_pal_]

Thank you for this intro to a genre I've always been so near to, but never understood!

[@StellasEncounter]

You're very welcome, and I'm very glad you've found it. Have a great weekend, and Happy Halloween.

[@woodybalfour8213]

Beautiful Stella Thank you

[@StellasEncounter]

I'm glad you like it!

[@timlarsson]

I have not listened to a lot of shoegaze sadly, but there's one band playing a dream pop and shoegaze blend that I really love (and I don't think you mentioned it): Asobi Seksu. They're an American band, but the singer is Japanese and sing some songs in English and some in Japanese. They were hand picked by Slowdive to open for them in 2014, but the band was actually only active between 2001 and 2013. I highly recommend the songs: Trails (2011), Stay (2002) and It's Too Late (2002). Hope you'll like those!

[@StellasEncounter]

Yes I know the band Wasobi Seksu, and they're good, good shout!

[@daviddancy6854]

Very interesting documentary, there is so much independent music out there,hard to keep up with.👍

[@dannyvalentine468]

Awesome video Stella! I've been meaning to put together a playlist of Shoegaze groups I'm not to familiar with from early on and this video helped me get some new artists on there! Also the Asian Shoegaze scene is phenomenal. One of my favourite bands in the scene is For Tracy Hyde. Their music is very cinematic & sweet (The vocals help with that haha).Others I like are 17 years old & berlin wall, Lemon's Chair & Plasic girl in closet. Also since you mentioned the Asian Shoegaze channel it's sad but he deleted all the videos form his channel like a few days ago... Sad cause the channel has a ton of incredible albums.

[@StellasEncounter]

Thanks for your comment! Some of the bands you mentioned I didn't really know, cool info! Oops the asian shoegaze channel's videos got deleted exactly a few days ago? Any reason? I'm bit upset about this as it has so many albums!! Good luck with your playlist btw! :)

[@dannyvalentine468]

@@StellasEncounter Oops I'm sorry it took me so long to respond to this haha. I forgot 🙃 I believe he quit the channel because he didn't want to do the channel anymore & I think some uploads had issues with copyrights/Some artists not wanting the album up on KZbin. But there are loads of Asian Shoegaze content on YT thankfully. But He'll be missed because his channel got me into so many amazing bands (My Dead Girlfriend & Yuragi to name a few) One thing I loved about this video was that you mentioned alot of smaller, more obscure artists!

[@seanfraser9162]

Excellent video. You're very good at this. I love your voice. Thank you.

[@StellasEncounter]

Thank you too!

[@taylorsturgeon186]

Great video!! I always felt dinosaur jr early albums should be mentioned more in the early shoegaze conversation

[@MrBeauChat]

Great vid. Love the shoegaze content. thank you for sharing 😍🥰😍

[@StellasEncounter]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@Fatherjohn76]

This was such an enjoyable summary of a time I remember very dearly. Great retrospective

[@StellasEncounter]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@StellasEncounter]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@hdufort]

Someone once qualified Jesus and Mary Chain as "accidental shoegaze", and to this day I think it's very accurate. They had a very unique sound, lots of anger, and amazing originality in both lyrics and music.

[@matthewbrown7572]

I'm staring at my bare feet, but i loved your video. I really appreciated your deep dive into the early influences, through classic phases, contemporary offshoots of the genre and Asian iterations. Thanks for an informative video.

[@StellasEncounter]

Thank you and glad you liked it! And hahaha @ staring at feet!

[@LesnoiVladiko]

Great overview! I've been re-descovering shoegaze and dreampop lately, so this video fits right in. Keep up the good job!

[@StellasEncounter]

Thanks, will do!

[@barrysetser3909]

Thanks a ton; just stumbled into your channel yesterday and spent a few hours with your videos and musical missives. I'm a big time 'gaze fan who came to the game super late, so was awesome to grab some new bands to add to my listening lists. Currently wandering through your Asian 'gaze suggests. Thank you for taking the time to share your insights on music.

[@barrysetser3909]

Oh my - R.E.M. video! Could talk about them all day

[@StellasEncounter]

Welcome! Glad you enjoyed the videos and got something from them as well. Thanks for watching :)

[@StellasEncounter]

best band ever!

[@ren5268]

Fantastic video Stella! I'm from that early era and still learned quite a bit. btw, Ride 'Nowhere' will always be my favorite shoegaze album. ❤

[@StellasEncounter]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@threedeemelodies]

you should do a video on Hauntology. i love your videos!

[@Vanpiradejardim]

THIS VIDEO IS JUST SO PERFECT so well done and well explained, with all the delicacy with the history of the style leaving it so complete and well detailed, it's really a great documentary about the genre . . . *controversial opinions*: Cocteau Twins is the Shoegaze great primal act and Deftones is a valid crossover act between Alternative Metal and Shoegaze

[@StellasEncounter]

Thank you am glad you liked it! You're right, deftones is up there as a crossover band of shoegaze!

[@davidtollefson8411]

I forgot to add that I came across the Pete Kember Pitchfork article a couple of months ago and was delighted by his writing.

[@StellasEncounter]

Ikr! even though english isn't my native language, good eng writing is always delightful. You write well too, as far as I can tell. :)

[@davidtollefson8411]

@@StellasEncounter your English is very good, with a British/English accent? I can’t tell.

[@StellasEncounter]

@@davidtollefson8411 mix of trans-pacific/general-tso/imported cockney!

[@hdufort]

Slowdive's live performance of Golden Hair with that blue haired girl in the crowd, overwhelmed with emotion, shows how Slowdive has reconquered the stage and are very relevant into the 21th century.

[@levisguy53]

solid video again, great recognition of blackgaze. before i pressed play, i thought it would be criminal to neglect the fusion style. surprising there was no mention of A Place to Bury Strangers, one of the more better and more well-known groups whose sound embraces shoegaze and noise rock ala The Jesus and Mary Chain.

[@StellasEncounter]

I forgot why I didn't include a place to bury strangers.....good shout! Thanks for watching! :)

[@ein8539]

I recommend the Spanish rock album "Electronauta" by Juana la Loca :))

[@ichirofakename]

Thanks for all this good info, and thanks to commenters for more good info.

[@stevecowder4774]

I absolutely love the shoe gazing scene. Got into them through Jesus and Mary Chain, Lush and My Bloody Valentine. Love the Boo Radleys and Spiritualized as well. But I appreciate you bringing out the early influences upon these bands. It all makes perfect sense. Great review !!

[@zeon137]

Very cool video, I really liked it :) Another cool shoegaze artist from Asia is Parannoul. I love how he mixes shoegaze with emo