Editing Shoegaze (section)

===Origins and precursors===
[[File:My Bloody Valentine-2.jpg|thumb|right|alt=My Bloody Valentine|[[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] performing live in 2008]]

"[[All I Wanna Do (The Beach Boys song)|All I Wanna Do]]", a song from [[the Beach Boys]]' 1970 album ''[[Sunflower (The Beach Boys album)|Sunflower]]'', was retrospectively viewed as a precursor to shoegaze, and was one of many influences on both the shoegaze and [[dream pop]] scenes of the early 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Macauley |first=Hefner |date=18 July 2000 |title=The Beach Boys: Sunflower/Surf's Up |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/reviews/albums/11665-sunflowersurfs-up/ |access-date=19 May 2023 |website=Pitchfork Media Inc |archive-date=8 September 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908012154/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/reviews/albums/11665-sunflowersurfs-up/ |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cameron |first=Katie |date=8 August 2018 |title=The Eight Best Beach Boys' Albums |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-beach-boys/8-best-beach-boys-albums |access-date=19 May 2023 |website=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Music |first=Future |date=3 June 2021 |title=The beginner's guide to: chillwave |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/beginners-guide-chillwave |access-date=19 May 2023 |website=Musicradar}}</ref>

[[Post-punk]] acts [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] and [[The Cure]] were formative influences on shoegaze.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |last=Bonner |first=Michael |date=3 November 2017 |title=Going Blank Again: a history of shoegaze |url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/going-blank-history-shoegaze-102240/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226160209/https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/going-blank-history-shoegaze-102240/ |archive-date=26 December 2020 |access-date=26 September 2020 |website=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]}}</ref> Slowdive named themselves after the Siouxsie and the Banshees [[Slowdive (song)|song of the same name]] and took inspiration from the group at their beginnings, while their contemporaries [[Lush (band)|Lush]] were originally called "The Baby Machines", a line from a [[Siouxsie Sioux]] lyric.<ref>{{cite web |last=Tyler |first=Kieron |date=17 January 2016 |title=Reissue CDs Weekly: Still in a Dream - A Story of Shoegaze |url=http://www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/reissue-cds-weekly-still-dream-story-shoegaze |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406130852/http://www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/reissue-cds-weekly-still-dream-story-shoegaze |archive-date=6 April 2017 |access-date=17 December 2016 |publisher=theartsdesk.com}}</ref> During early and mid 1980s, the English [[alternative rock]] and [[neo-psychedelia]] scenes produced several bands whose exploration of sounds and textures would impact shoegaze.<ref name=":2" /> Those bands included [[the House of Love]], [[Spacemen 3]], and [[Loop (band)|Loop]], the latter two of whom were notable influences on shoegazers Ride and Slowdive.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Trunick |first=Austin |date=November 18, 2013 |title=Ride on "Nowhere": Mark Gardener and Andy Bell on 1990's Shoegaze Classic |url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/ride_on_nowhere_mark_gardener_and_andy_bell |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201055400/https://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/ride_on_nowhere_mark_gardener_and_andy_bell |archive-date=December 1, 2023 |access-date=May 11, 2024 |website=Under the Radar}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Trunick |first=Austin |date=August 12, 2014 |title=Slowdive - Neil Halstead and Rachel Goswell on the Bands That Inspired Them |url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/slowdive_-_neil_halstead_and_rachel_goswell_on_the_bands_that_inspired_them |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218162051/https://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/slowdive_-_neil_halstead_and_rachel_goswell_on_the_bands_that_inspired_them |archive-date=February 18, 2024 |access-date=May 11, 2024 |website=Under the Radar}}</ref>

American underground bands [[Sonic Youth]], [[Dinosaur Jr.]], and [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]] were also cited by various shoegaze bands as touchstones for their respective sounds.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Parkes |first=Taylor |date=May 10, 2012 |title="Not Doing Things Is Soul Destroying" - Kevin Shields Of MBV Interviewed |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/08745-kevin-shields-interview-mbv-my-bloody-valentine |access-date=May 11, 2024 |website=The Quietus}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ackell |first=Greg |date=2022 |title=JERKSTM / DROP NINETEENS |url=https://jerks-store.com/pages/drop-nineteens |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129144011/https://jerks-store.com/pages/drop-nineteens |archive-date=January 29, 2024 |access-date=May 11, 2024 |website=jerks-store.com}}</ref> Proto-punk band [[the Velvet Underground]] also proved very influential for many shoegaze acts.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name="Exclaim! Sound Of Confusion article">[http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid2=779&fid1=32739 Exclaim! Sound of Confusion article on Shoegaze] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122052031/http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid2=779&fid1=32739|date=22 January 2009}}. Retrieved 22 September 2008.</ref> 

According to [[AllMusic]], most bands drew from the music of [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] as a template for the genre, as well as groups such as [[Cocteau Twins]] and [[the Jesus and Mary Chain]].<ref name="all_music" /> British dream pop duo [[A.R. Kane]] have also been credited with producing a template for the genre in the late 1980s.<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/sep/19/ar-kane-rudy-tambala|title=AR Kane: how to invent shoegaze without really trying|first=Rob|last=Fitzpatrick|date=19 September 2012|website=Theguardian.com|access-date=31 July 2017|archive-date=31 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731225613/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/sep/19/ar-kane-rudy-tambala|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Simon & Schuster: ''The Trouser Press Guide to '90s Rock'', p.49, Fireside, March 1997, {{ISBN|0684814374}}</ref> My Bloody Valentine's ''[[Loveless (album)|Loveless]]'' is referred to as the genre's defining album .<ref name="The Rankings of Albums">{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Stacy |title=The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9966-the-50-best-shoegaze-albums-of-all-time/?page=5 |website=Pitchfork |date=24 October 2016 |publisher=2018 Conde Nast |access-date=5 September 2019 |archive-date=22 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122101203/http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9966-the-50-best-shoegaze-albums-of-all-time/?page=5 |url-status=live }}</ref> 

After garnering some local popularity with their 1987 twee/noise pop single, "[[Sunny Sundae Smile]]", My Bloody Valentine started to move their sound more and more into experimentation with noise and complex series of effect pedals—as seen in their 1988 breakthrough: the ''[[You Made Me Realise]]'' EP and album ''[[Isn't Anything]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last= Strong |first= Martin C. |title= The Great Alternative & Indie Discography |url= https://archive.org/details/greatalternative0000stro |url-access= registration |year= 1999 |page= [https://archive.org/details/greatalternative0000stro/page/427 427]|publisher= Canongate|isbn= 0-86241-913-1|quote="The full extent of their pioneering guitar manipulation – responsible for a whole scene of "shoegaze" musical admirers, stand up Ride, Moose, Lush etc., etc., ..."}}</ref> Michael Azerrad's book ''[[Our Band Could Be Your Life]]'' cited an early 1990s [[Dinosaur Jr.]] tour of the United Kingdom as a key influence.<ref>Azerrad, Michael (2001). Our Band Could Be Your Life. Back Bay. pp. 366. {{ISBN|978-0-316-78753-6}}.</ref>

Whereas contemporary alternative rock movements of the time period were extremely male-dominated (Britpop, grunge), My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Lush, Cocteau Twins, Pale Saints, [[Curve (band)|Curve]] and many other popular shoegaze acts had at least one prominent female musician who contributed key vocal elements and/or integral writing components to the music. In the 2014 film ''[[Beautiful_Noise_(film)|Beautiful Noise]]'', Kevin Shields noted that there were as many women as men in the shoegaze community.<ref>{{cite AV media| people = Eric Green | title = Beautiful Noise| medium = film| publisher = HypFilms| location = United States| date = 2014}}</ref>