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shoegaze

indie/alternative rock subgenre characterized by an ethereal mixture of obscured vocals, guitar distortion and effects, feedback, and overwhelming volume
Class type of: alternative rock Q272167

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
music genre
Inception
1987[5]
Subclass of
alternative rock
Country of origin
United Kingdom[4]
Influenced by
post-rock[3]
Native label
Shoegaze[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en shoegazer en shoegazing en wombadelia en shoegaze en shoegaze music da Shoegaze de Shoegaze de Shoegazer el Σουγκέιζινγκ es shoegaze es shoegazer fa شوگیزینگ fi shoegaze fr shoegaze fr shoegazer he שוגייז hu shoegaze hu shoegazer id shoegaze music id shoegazer
🔖 Identifiers · 19
Library of Congress authority ID
sh2015002489
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Slowdive live 1992.jpg ↗
AllMusic genre/style ID
ma0000004454
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/16606
BabelNet ID
00948734n
Discogs style ID
shoegaze
Every Noise at Once ID
shoegaze
Freebase ID
/m/016y3j
Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms ID
gf2016026014
MusicBrainz genre ID
a4012b2e-5c27-4f81-8781-9ae5998d882c
NL CR AUT ID
ph1263291
Namuwiki ID
슈게이징
Show all 19 identifiers +7
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007415881605171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9811338158005606
Quora topic ID
Shoegaze
Rate Your Music genre ID
shoegaze
Subreddit
shoegaze
Topic's main category
Category:Shoegaze
Yale LUX ID
concept/7448eb5f-8566-4306-8877-81e227b9fee1

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🔗 Connections
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Cocteau Twins, My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Richard Ashcroft, Beach House, Loveless, Hope Sandoval +61 more
Influenced 3
post-rock, post-metal, blackgaze
Country of origin 1
United Kingdom
Influenced by 1
post-rock
Instance of 1
music genre
Subclass of 1
alternative rock
Topic's main category 1
Category:Shoegaze
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Category:Shoegaze
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Summary

shoegaze is a music genre[1]. shoegaze is a type of alternative rock[2].

Why It Matters

shoegaze has been cited as an influence by post-rock[7], a music genre[8], founded in 1995[9]; blackgaze[10], a music genre[11], founded in 2003[12]; and post-metal[13], a music genre[14], founded in 1996[15].

FAQs

Who did shoegaze influence?

shoegaze has been cited as an influence by post-rock[7], blackgaze[10], and post-metal[13].

Related Entities

Richard Ashcroft United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . pitchfork.com. pitchfork.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [8] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Inception → +1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Subclass of → alternative rock
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