Frank Zappa and Deep Purple: 50 years of the Montreux fire

On this day in 1971, the historic Montreux Casino burnt to the ground after a Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention show. It inspired a Deep Purple classic.

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Montreux Casino burned down during a concert by Frank Zappa. Smoke on the Water is about the incident.

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