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4, 1971, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention were playing a gig at the Montreux casino. Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water (Letras y cancin para escuchar) - But Swiss time was running out / It seemed that we would lose the race / Smoke on the. 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." We all came out to montreux On the lake geneva shoreline To make records with a mobile We didnt have much time Frank zappa and the mothers Were at the best. 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.