Heart breaking news: TRAGIC DETAILS ABOUT DEEP PURPLE

All the hallmarks of tragedy — danger, destruction, and chaos — were present in the real-life event that Deep Purple would use as fodder to make its best-known song, the 1971 classic rock staple “Smoke on the Water.”

The band, having arrived in the Swiss resort town of Montreux to record an album, witnessed the central casino complex burn to the ground as the result of a flare gun shot off during a concert by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention.

Amidst the mad dash for the exits and subsequent chaos, nobody died, but it was a haunting, core experience for Deep Purple.

The Montreux casino incident wouldn’t register as a full-on tragedy for the band, but that didn’t mean they always escaped trauma that would alter their lives.

As the years wore on, members of Deep Purple would continue to experience the worst of life while trying to churn out hard rock standards like “Hush,” “Woman from Tokyo,” and “Kentucky Woman.”

IAN PAICE LOST A PORTION OF HIS LUNG WHEN HE WAS A CHILD

‌For years, a bizarre urban legend circulated about founding Deep Purple member Ian Paice — that he had one lung, with doctors surgically removing the other as a result of childhood medical calamity.

The rumor persisted in part due to Paice’s habit of performing shirtless, allowing fans a glimpse at a large chest scar. The part about a complete lung removal is false; the part about childhood medical trauma is true.

 

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