I have to agree, to many gigs on the same night gets a poor turnout. Ironguardian has one on the 8th, then there's the 15th, now apparently the 22nd & 29th, 19th of September also (all at The Castle) and I'm sure another few will pop up...
While these promoters are doing a great job, it seems a band wanting to put on a show themselves has to contact these guys to avoid a clash which I think really sux because most promoters take there cut of the cash. The bands get paid fuck all as it is and it leaves them less for the recordings etc
I organised a gig at The Castle about 7 months ago, didn't take any cash for myself just divided the money evenly between the four bands and they got $280 each band for a 40 minute set. Comments were "are you sure, we've never got that much here before"
While I like The Castle and often defend it, I think these regular gigs need to be fewer...
Once or twice a month is sweet, twice a week (which it sometimes is) is ridiculous...