The Night a Casino Burned Down and Created a Rock Classic

The night of December 4th, 1971 changed rock history forever. A casino burned to the ground in Montreux, Switzerland. Deep Purple watched helplessly from the shore of Lake Geneva as their recording plans went up in smoke. What happened next gave the world one of the greatest rock albums ever made. In this video we tell the full story behind Deep Purple's Machine Head. We cover the Montreux Casino fire, the chaotic hotel recording sessions, the police shutting down their sessions at the Pavilion Theatre, and the stories behind the songs that made this album legendary. We break down: 🔥 Why Deep Purple decided to go heavier after Fireball 🔥 The story behind the album cover 🔥 How the Montreux Casino fire derailed everything 🔥 Why the police were called during recording 🔥 The inspiration behind Highway Star 🔥 The inspiration behind Smoke on the Water 🔥 The nonsense phrases that built Space Truckin' 🔥 How Lazy almost never became a song Machine Head is one of the greatest rock albums ever recorded. And it almost never existed. 🎸 ENJOYED THIS VIDEO? Check out our full Deep Purple playlist below where we review and break down every album leading up to Machine Head. From Shades of Deep Purple all the way through Fireball, we cover the full journey of one of rock's greatest bands. 👉    • Deep Purple Album Reviews   If you enjoyed this video please hit the LIKE button, SUBSCRIBE to the channel and hit the notification bell so you never miss a new upload. It really helps the channel grow and means we can keep making videos like this one. Thanks for watching. See you in the next one. #DeepPurple #MachineHead #SmokeOnTheWater #RockHistory #ClassicRock #HighwayStar #RitchieBlackmore #IanGillan #RockMusic #HeavyMetal #BritishRock #RockDocumentary #AlbumStory #MontreuxFire #RockLegends #VinylCommunity #RockAndRoll #MusicHistory #DeepPurpleMachineHead #ClassicRockHistory CONTACT INFORMATION [email protected] *FAIR USE* Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.