Does proto-shoegaze exist and if so, how far back are its roots?

Metal Machine Music for sure
In fact MMM was ahead of shoegaze before shoegaze even started

I don't know. JAMC and Galaxie 500 are at least two.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw_sxh89Fos

>>71231860
Metal Machine Music and Les Rallizes Dememe are proto-shoegaze

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qK82JvRY5s

>>71231876
as opposed to it being ahead of shoegaze after shoegaze started?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STugQ0X1NoI

>>71231902
No I mean MMM is still ahead of the shoegaze genre entirely

Shoegaze was essentially a step back in that perspective, even though I still love it

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>>71231892
bruh...

>>71231892
fuck eno is actually a genius that has made tons of personal impressions of future genres