4, 1971, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention were playing a gig at the Montreux casino. These days Deep Purples Smoke on the Water is such a ubiquitous rock anthem that it almost seems as if its been out there forever. The above You Tube is Smoke On The Water performed by Deep Purple live in Australia 20 years ago this year (April 1999), which seems to go with the smoke on the water and fire in the sky around Sydney today and the Deep S it Australia is in at the moment with bush-fires and drought. Posted by Chris at 10:45 AM No comments: Home. Guinness, Rugby, Guinness, Good Times, Guinness, Smoke on the Water, Fire in the Sky, and more Guinness. Posted by Chris at 9:32 AM No comments: Sunday, March 1, 2009. Lyrics We all came out to Montreux On the Lake Geneva shoreline To make records with a mobile We didn't have much time Frank Zappa and the Mothers Were at the best place around But. Smoke on the Water, Fire in the sky Thursday, June 18, 2009. It features the only known video recording of 'Smoke on the Water', performed by the original Mark II lineup. The lakeside Swiss town of Montreux was in the news this week as the host of nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers.īut for rockers of a certain age, Montreux will always be best known for its rich musical history - including the roaring casino fire that inspired the English rock band Deep Purple's classic "Smoke on the Water." Filmed during a US concert in New York City at Hofstra University in Hempstead, Long Island, in colour. The casino caught fire during a Frank Zappa concert. The British rock band Deep Purple, shown here in 1971, wrote the hit song "Smoke on the Water," after watching the casino in Montreux, Switzerland, go up in flames later that year.