it completely fed upon itself.

[Vladv1]

As Dome recalls, ‘Maiden were regarded as at the top of the pile of the NWOBHM. With the possible exception of Def Leppard, they were
obviously streets ahead of everyone else. But, of course, like any scene, it completely fed upon itself.’ Mick Wall "Enter night"
Could you please express in other words what the bolded means in the context? Def Leppard and Maiden are music bands of "New Wave of British Heavy Metal"

 

[jutfrank]

What do the next few sentences say? Give us the whole paragraph, to give us the best chance of interpreting it properly.

 

[Vladv1]

As Dome recalls, ‘Maiden were regarded as at the top of the pile of the NWOBHM. With the possible exception of Def Leppard, they were
obviously streets ahead of everyone else. But, of course, like any scene, it completely fed upon itself.’ As a result of all the media attention they were now attracting, both Maiden and Leppard would score big record contracts: the former with EMI, the latter with Phonogram. Indeed, it became a race between the two as to which would break into the national charts first. Maiden’s commercial potential had been made apparent to EMI when their Soundhouse Tapes EP, given limited release in November 1979 on their own Rock Hard Records, sold five thousand copies. Never intended for retail, the five thousand seven-inch vinyl copies of The Soundhouse Tapes were made available by mail order only, priced £1.20, including postage and packing, and were distributed by a friend of the band named Keith Wilfort, who enlisted his mother to help him send them out from the family home in East Ham. Miraculously, they managed to send out over three thousand copies within the first week.

 

[jutfrank]

Thank you. It's clearer now you've provided illuminating context. Make sure you always give us the whole paragraph.

Maiden made Leppard bigger and better, and vice versa, like a feedback loop. The competition between both bands in turn made the whole scene bigger.

 

[Tarheel]

@Vladv1 How did you manage to create that formatting?

 

[emsr2d2]

@Vladv1 How did you manage to create that formatting?

If you're talking about the strange layout of post #3, note that I've fixed it.
@Vladv1 Note that I've fixed the formatting of post #3. You need to make sure that the text spreads across the entire text box, except at the end of a line before a new paragraph.