And the only band I know with that description is Jesu.

What am I missing?

you're missing enough that i would wait before claiming to have found out what shoegaze is because jesu is far from representative. a record you will probably hate that is totally essential to learning about the genre is my bloody valentine's loveless and that's probably where you should start.

who would hate that album? it rules.

people on metal messageboards who hate everything.

LOL @ fags

SLOWDIVE!

why arent you dead yet?

loveless is love.

and i dont think i would ever call jesu shoegaze.

I didn't call them that, I've just heard that decription of them.

Whoever calls them that is a retard and doesn't know anything about music.

My Bloody Valentine is pretty much synonymous with shoegaze, IMO.

Why are you so confrontational? I am a man seeking enlightenment on a subject and while I do expect criticism, I also expect answers to my questions. So kindly fuck off, you mammoth fucking shithead.

Oh yes, and

LOL @ taking people seriously.

this is like saying i just found out what metal is, someone told me to listen to metallica 'death magnetic' just dont bother

I am a casual shoegaze listener and on occasion write very shoegazey metal. My girlfriend LOVES shoegaze. Trust me - check out Slowdive.

uh...

download Catherine Wheel's Ferment and Chrome

if you cant dig those, then disregard the genre

If you don't get into MBV, check out Ride.

SHOEGAYZ.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shoegazing_musicians

But they are listed on Wiki...It must be true

kindly kill yourself, you worthless faggot.


get dead <3

I'm pretty sure that Jesu labels themselves "Shoegaze" on the Myspace.

http://www.myspace.com/officialjesu

You need to find better things to do with your time.

Jesu are way too well produced to be shoegaze.
I'm putting on loveless right now to sleep to.

if you really care this much you're not smoking nearly enough weed.

Regardless of how high I am, my eyes can still see annoying words from time to time.

snowpony is also on that list. they aren't shoegaze.
flying saucer attack.. windy and carl.. and rampant decay. good stuff.

pfft you're clearly not smoking the the choice of a new generation.

My bro's been smokin me up with mids tonight. Could have something to do with it. Fuck being poor.

how the swirlies aren't on there when they are a MBV rip off I will never know.

when you see it, you'll shit a brick.

Boards of Canada cites My Bloody Valentine as an influence.

As does deftones. Don't make em shoegaze.

I wasn't saying BoC is shoegaze lawl. But My Bloody Valentine is... right?

Plus shoegaze got its name because the musicians were so drugged out they gazed at their shoes during performances.

Just listen to ride - nowhere

wrong martins. they didn't stand there cause they were drugged out. They stood there and stared at their shoes cause they were awkward on stage.

Same difference.

no, drugs give you super confidence ad super strength. that's why the are awesome.

actually they had so many effects pedals that they were always looking down fiddling with them and it looked like they were gazing at their shoes.

It's because they were ashamed of their double chins.

yep

Whatever, they gazed at their shoes.

gaze at their shoes or poops their pants and it rolls down to their shoe?

I loved listening to MBV last night.

http://www.mediafire.com/?mdwmmu2o2do

Liam - german shoegaze/postrock/blackmetal

This is the most "RTTP" exchange I can think of.

Doc Martens > Audience

Only combat-bootgaze is real.

My Bloody Valentine is a good place to start. The new Les Secrets/Alcest is a good place to finish.