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On this day in 1971, the Montreux Casino burned down during a concert by Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, after a fan inadvertently set the venue on fire with a flare gun, which ultimately resulted in the classic Deep Purple song “Smoke on the Water” (December 4)
Like many bands, at that stage of their career Deep Purple wanted to to record an album away from the typical studio environment, hoping it would result in a sound closer to their live shows.
So they hired the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio for recording, and block-booked the Montreux Casino as a venue, on the shoreline of Lake Geneva in Switzerland.
Just before the scheduled recording session however, a concert with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention was held in the casino's theatre.
This was the theatre's final concert before the casino complex closed down for its annual winter renovations, allowing Deep Purple to record there.
At the beginning of Don Preston's synthesiser solo on "King Kong" however, the place suddenly caught fire when somebody in the audience fired a flare gun towards the rattan-covered ceiling.
Although there were no major injuries, the resulting blaze destroyed the entire casino complex on December 4, 1971, along with all the Mothers' equipment.
The "smoke on the water" that became the title of the song (credited to bass player Roger Glover, who related how the title occurred to him when he woke from a dream a few days later) referred to the smoke from the fire spreading over Lake Geneva from the burning casino as the members of Deep Purple watched from their hotel.
Glover said that, "It was probably the biggest fire I'd ever seen up to that point and probably ever seen in my life.
It was a huge building.
I remember there was very little panic getting out, because it didn't seem like much of a fire at first. But, when it caught, it went up like a fireworks display."
After a week of searching for an alternative venue, including a session at the nearby Pavilion theatre that was abandoned due to noise complaints, the band managed to book the Grand Hotel, closed for the winter, and converted it into a live room suitable for recording, where they laid down most of the tracks for what would become their most commercially successful album, “Machine Head”.
The only song from Machine Head not recorded entirely in the Grand Hotel was "Smoke on the Water" itself, which had been partly recorded during the abortive Pavilion session.
“Smoke on the Water” was released on “Machine Head” in 1972, but was not released as a single until a year later, in May 1973.
It became one of the most recognized and most played riffs in rock.
Guitar shops around the globe still echo to the iconic riff to this day as millions of wannabe Ritchie Blackmores do their stuff……and guitar shop employees love it!
“Smoke on the Water" was ranked #434 on Rolling Stone’s list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time", and Total Guitar magazine's ranked "Smoke on the Water" number 4 on its "Greatest Guitar Riffs Ever".
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https://youtu.be/F7ZF2xaNhyw
On this day in 1971, the Montreux Casino burned down during a concert by Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, after a fan inadvertently set the venue on fire with a flare gun, which ultimately resulted in the classic Deep Purple song “Smoke on the Water” (December 4)
Like many bands, at that stage of their career Deep Purple wanted to to record an album away from the typical studio environment, hoping it would result in a sound closer to their live shows.
So they hired the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio for recording, and block-booked the Montreux Casino as a venue, on the shoreline of Lake Geneva in Switzerland.
Just before the scheduled recording session however, a concert with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention was held in the casino's theatre.
This was the theatre's final concert before the casino complex closed down for its annual winter renovations, allowing Deep Purple to record there.
At the beginning of Don Preston's synthesiser solo on "King Kong" however, the place suddenly caught fire when somebody in the audience fired a flare gun towards the rattan-covered ceiling.
Although there were no major injuries, the resulting blaze destroyed the entire casino complex on December 4, 1971, along with all the Mothers' equipment.
The "smoke on the water" that became the title of the song (credited to bass player Roger Glover, who related how the title occurred to him when he woke from a dream a few days later) referred to the smoke from the fire spreading over Lake Geneva from the burning casino as the members of Deep Purple watched from their hotel.
Glover said that, "It was probably the biggest fire I'd ever seen up to that point and probably ever seen in my life.
It was a huge building.
I remember there was very little panic getting out, because it didn't seem like much of a fire at first. But, when it caught, it went up like a fireworks display."
After a week of searching for an alternative venue, including a session at the nearby Pavilion theatre that was abandoned due to noise complaints, the band managed to book the Grand Hotel, closed for the winter, and converted it into a live room suitable for recording, where they laid down most of the tracks for what would become their most commercially successful album, “Machine Head”.
The only song from Machine Head not recorded entirely in the Grand Hotel was "Smoke on the Water" itself, which had been partly recorded during the abortive Pavilion session.
“Smoke on the Water” was released on “Machine Head” in 1972, but was not released as a single until a year later, in May 1973.
It became one of the most recognized and most played riffs in rock.
Guitar shops around the globe still echo to the iconic riff to this day as millions of wannabe Ritchie Blackmores do their stuff……and guitar shop employees love it!
“Smoke on the Water" was ranked #434 on Rolling Stone’s list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time", and Total Guitar magazine's ranked "Smoke on the Water" number 4 on its "Greatest Guitar Riffs Ever".
#smokeonthewater, #deeppurple, #montreuxcasino, #frankzappa, #themothersofinvention, #lakegeneva, #rogerglover, #ritchieblackmore, #iangillan, #lonlord, #ianpaice, #hardrock, #rockmusic, #thisdayinrock, #rockhistory, #dailyrockhistory, #thisdayinmusic, #onthisday
"Pure signal, no noise"
Credits Goes to the respective
Author ✍️/ Photographer📸
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