The black smoke rising from the nearby Lake Geneva inspired the song's title, per NPR. 80 minutes into the set, as Don Preston was firing up his synthesizer solo during "King Kong" that someone in the crowd fired a flare gun, which quickly spread across the wooden ceiling, according to Ultimate Classic Rock. 4, 1971 when Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention were playing a show at the casino. That's right: English rock band Deep Purple's classic "Smoke on the Water" was fully inspired by a casino fire that decimated the building - and almost cost concertgoers their lives.
The lakeside casino in the Swiss town of Montreux has been cemented in rock history as a landmark of a concert miracle, as well as the inspiration for one of the most iconic guitar riffs in history.
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