Deep Purple have paid homage to Smoke on The Water's origins by returning to where it all started. On July 8, the band performed their iconic track at the 58th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, ...

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band rocks Jiffy Lube Live on Saturday as the “Highway Stars” round the Capitol Beltway for their “Smoke on the Water” 50th anniversary tour with fire in the sky over the ...

Former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore once revealed the band's "heroes", who had such an effect on them that they ...

The story of how Deep Purple wrote their 1972 classic “Smoke on the Water” has finally been visualized. To commemorate the deluxe reissue of the band’s sixth album Machine Head, out March 29, Deep ...

The post Deep Purple Announce Super Deluxe Edition of Machine Head, Unveil New Mix of “Smoke on the Water”: Stream appeared first on Consequence. Deep Purple have announced a “Super Deluxe Edition” of ...

Deep Purple has zero plans to slow down. The rock band is releasing their 21st studio album, “Whoosh!,” on Aug. 7, making it their third release produced by Bob Ezrin, of Alice Cooper and Pink Floyd ...

Deep Purple's current tour, "The Long Goodbye," will stop at Milwaukee's Riverside Theater on Sunday, Oct. 13. Before then, bassist Roger Glover talked with OnMilwaukee about the band's highs and lows ...

The four power chords that open Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water” are still one of hard rock’s most recognizable riffs. In the early 1970s, the fanfare and song touched a primal nerve with many ...

If you've watched Loudwire's Gear Factor series over the years, you've no doubt seen how influential Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" riff is, especially for guitar players just starting out and ...

On Dec. 4, 1971, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention were playing a gig at the Montreux Casino in Switzerland. When the band was nearly 90 minutes into their set, and playing “King Kong,” an ...