Home Uncategorized Deep Purple almost lost the legendary Smoke on the Water riff because of armed police storming their studio Deep Purple almost lost the legendary Smoke on the Water riff because of armed police storming their studio planetsixstring March 13, 2023 comments off Tweet on Twitter Share on Facebook Google+ Pinterest This post was originally published on this site Despite having a self-imposed 10pm noise curfew while recording in Montreux’s Pavilion, the band continued playing until four in the morning – and the resulting “racket” riled up some unhappy locals