Quote Originally Posted by FuK-NuT View Post
we promote the lesser known and have done well over the coarse of 4 years plus....but we have ventured out abit of late and over the coarse of at least 2 nights payin not to bad fee's and not doin so well has seen us struggle...so to book a huge mofo and encounter same sorta situation we'd b on our arse...as has some other nights that have appeared and opted to go down the big name road....it just isnt feasible in this city just now.....but that cant b the fault o the promoter surely?
When I was going out in Edinburgh, around 98-01, the busiest nights were definitely the ones where it was just the residents playing. Nights like Pillbox, Apex, Loop, even Lift only booked a big name once in a while. Pure could do it every time but that was because Pure was Pure and people would go regardless of who was on. Lost / Dogma had it cracked too, but generally the place always struck me as a party city that isn't too bothered about big names, even to the extent where if the residents weren't playing then people wouldn't go down as they wouldn't be entirely sure of what to expect. Maybe that's still the case.