Originally Posted by Zer0

I'm not saying they didn't have an influence, but there were also countless non-British bands who did. Personally I find them closer in spirit to bands like Red House Painters, Codeine and Low. If you're going to include Galaxie 500 in a Britpop list then why not include The Velvet Underground, Dinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth, Drop Nineteens, Lilys, Black Tamborine, Yo La Tengo etc? And no not all shoegaze bands were British.