Sinister: shoegazing backlash

[Frank Yang]

Anastasia Signoretta wrote:

> keith m. wrote:
>
> > i once had this discussion with someone and they
> > claimed to be anti-shoegazing because it was a
> > purely middle class phenomenon and that oasis as
> > heroes of the working class rescued fair england
> > from the pretenders with floppy fringes.
>
> that might have something to do with it...the cool indie brighton set
> consisted solely of poor working-class lads happily on the dole, dreaming
> dreams of socialism.  throwing out retorts like, 'ride are only a band
> because mummy and daddy bought them guitars for their fourteenth
> birthdays.'  ouch.  but no, i think a lot of the indie kids just thought
> shoegazing was an 'over' scene and liking chapterhouse was sad...maybe it
> is, i'm not sure.

That may be, but I'll bet that a lot of the new guitar-based bands coming out
of the UK and a lesser degree North America over then next few years will be
citing bands like Ride as influences in their sound.  Fer example, Embrace
gushed about Ride's "Nowhere" in an article in Select a few months back.  It
takes a few years for the kids who spent their formative musical years
listening to shoegazer stuff to actually form bands - but when they do, their
influences will be pretty evident.  Hipster-ism aside, I think the long-term
influence of a band on those that follow dictates their historical
importance... man, could that sound any more pretentious?  Either way - you get
what I mean.  The legacy of the Pixies didn't become really evident for a few
years until bands like Radiohead and Sugar began name-checking them a lot...
speaking of Sugar, the same could go for Husker Du.  Struggle throughout your
career, break up, and five years later you're the coolest guys around.  Ride
will have their day - wait and see.

--
Frank Yang
Imperial Tobacco Ltd.
I poured Spot remover on my dog.  Now he's gone.

In my CD player:  Flux - Lucky Seven

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