Editing Shoegaze (section)

===The Scene That Celebrates Itself===
The Scene That Celebrates Itself was the social and [[indie music scene|musical scene]] in the early 1990s within London and the [[Thames Valley]] area. The term was coined by ''[[Melody Maker]]''{{'}} [[Steve Sutherland (DJ)|Steve Sutherland]] in 1990 in a near-contemptuous gesture, focusing on how bands involved in the scene, rather than engaging in traditional rivalries, were often seen at each other's gigs, sometimes playing in each other's bands, and drinking together.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |title=The Guinness Who's Who of Indie and New Wave Music |year= 1992 |publisher=Guinness Publishing |isbn=0-85112-579-4 }}</ref>

Bands lumped into the 'scene' by the press included several of the bands that were branded with the shoegazing label, such as [[Chapterhouse (band)|Chapterhouse]], [[Lush (band)|Lush]], [[Moose (band)|Moose]] and other (mainly [[indie (music)|indie]]) bands such as [[Blur (band)|Blur]] (prior to the release of their single "[[Popscene]]"), [[Thousand Yard Stare (band)|Thousand Yard Stare]], [[See See Rider (band)|See See Rider]] and [[Stereolab]].<ref name="Larkin" /><ref name="HH">{{Cite web |url=http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review/1763 |title=Review of Slowdive's ''Souvlaki'' by Jason Parkes |access-date=19 September 2020 |archive-date=14 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014032118/http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review/1763 |url-status=live }}</ref> A prime example were Moose, who often swapped members with other bands on a given night. Moose's Russell Yates and Stereolab guitarist [[Tim Gane]] would often trade places, while "Moose" McKillop often played with See See Rider.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/music/columns/brown/030417.shtml |title=PopMatters {{!}} Columns {{!}} The Attic or The Underground {{!}} Do You Remember?<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=22 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108205056/http://www.popmatters.com/music/columns/brown/030417.shtml |archive-date=8 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Gane and his Stereolab colleague [[Lætitia Sadier]] even played on the 1991 session by Moose for [[John Peel]]'s [[BBC Radio 1]] show.<ref name="KIP">"[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1990s/1991/Apr16moose/ Peel Sessions: 16 April 1991 - Moose] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211061020/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1990s/1991/Apr16moose |date=11 February 2019 }}", ''Keeping It Peel'', [[BBC]]</ref>

The bands, producers and journalists of the time would gather in London and their activities would be chronicled in the gossip pages of the music papers ''[[NME]]'' and ''Melody Maker''. The most famous club and focal point was Syndrome, which was located on [[Oxford Street]] and ran weekly on Wednesday nights. The ''NME'', in particular, embraced the scene, and the unity of the bands was probably advantageous to their careers, because when one band had a successful record, the other bands could share the publicity. The scene was extremely small and revolved around fewer than 20 individuals.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

The first stirrings of recognition came when indie writer [[Steve Lamacq]] referred to Ride in an ''NME'' review as "[[the House of Love]] with chainsaws".

The shoegaze genre label was quite often misapplied. As key bands such as Slowdive, [[Chapterhouse (band)|Chapterhouse]] and Ride emerged from the [[Thames Valley]], [[Swervedriver]] found themselves labelled shoegazers on account of their own Thames Valley origins, despite their more pronounced Hüsker Dü-meets-[[The Stooges|Stooges]] stylings.<ref name="melody_maker">Lester, Paul (12 September 1992). "Whatever Happened to Shoegaze?" ''Melody Maker'', p.6. Retrieved 12 April 2007 from Proquest Research Library.</ref>