The College of Rock and Roll Knowledge - 50 years of smoke.... "….We all came out to Montreux On the Lake Geneva shoreline To make records with a mobile We didn't have
![4 December 1971] - The Montreux Casino burns down during a Frank Zappa concert (the event is memorialized in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water"). The casino is rebuilt in 1975. : r/50yearsago 4 December 1971] - The Montreux Casino burns down during a Frank Zappa concert (the event is memorialized in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water"). The casino is rebuilt in 1975. : r/50yearsago](https://i.redd.it/5627r0mrff381.png)
4 December 1971] - The Montreux Casino burns down during a Frank Zappa concert (the event is memorialized in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water"). The casino is rebuilt in 1975. : r/50yearsago
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Richard Littler on X: "This is a photo of Montreux Casino during the jazz festival in 1971. A fire broke out during the Frank Zappa concert. Smoke drifting out over Lake Geneva
![Montreux Casino To Celebrate 50 Years Since Tragedy Inspired DEEP PURPLE's " Smoke On The Water" This Saturday - BraveWords Montreux Casino To Celebrate 50 Years Since Tragedy Inspired DEEP PURPLE's " Smoke On The Water" This Saturday - BraveWords](https://bravewords.com/medias-static/images/news/2021%20II/casinobarr1121.jpeg)
Montreux Casino To Celebrate 50 Years Since Tragedy Inspired DEEP PURPLE's " Smoke On The Water" This Saturday - BraveWords
![Montreux Casino burned down during a concert by Frank Zappa. "Smoke on the Water" is about the incident. Montreux Casino burned down during a concert by Frank Zappa. "Smoke on the Water" is about the incident.](https://media2.nekropole.info/2014/12/Frenka-Zappas-koncerta-laika-tiek-nodedzinats-kazino.jpg)
Montreux Casino burned down during a concert by Frank Zappa. "Smoke on the Water" is about the incident.
![The Casino Fire That Inspired the Meaning Behind the 1972 Deep Purple Classic “Smoke on the Water” - American Songwriter The Casino Fire That Inspired the Meaning Behind the 1972 Deep Purple Classic “Smoke on the Water” - American Songwriter](https://americansongwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Deep-Purple_MachineHead.jpg?w=662)
The Casino Fire That Inspired the Meaning Behind the 1972 Deep Purple Classic “Smoke on the Water” - American Songwriter
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