![]() ![]() Zappa stopped the show and helped ensure an orderly exit.ĭeep Purple watched the blaze from a nearby restaurant, and when the fire died down, a layer of smoke had covered Lake Geneva, which the casino overlooked. ![]() The band was going to start recording their Machine Head album there right after a Frank Zappa concert, but someone fired a flare gun at the ceiling during Zappa's show, which set the place on fire.ĭeep Purple was in the audience for the show, and lead singer Ian Gillan recalls two flares being shot by someone sitting behind him that landed in the top corner of the building and quickly set it ablaze. ![]() This song took inspiration from a fire in the Casino at Montreux, Switzerland on December 4, 1971. ![]()
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