To me shoegaze is the the bands that came in the wake of Cocteau Twins and MBV and played trance-y type guitar music. Ride, Chapterhouse, Catherine Wheel and Slowdive definitely fall in there, but most of the other bands that get lumped in with it are just there because of a coincidence of timing.
I'd also like to give a shout out to Bowery Electric, who could possibly qualify as post-shoegaze.
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