![]() ![]() The hard rock band was in Montreux to record their next album at the Casino with a mobile studio borrowed from the Rolling Stones. Claude Nobs and Jean-Paul Marquis ©1971 Alain Bettex He didn’t know it yet, but the British band will single-handedly turn the tragedy into gold, the fire into a worldwide hit and, of course, Monsieur Nobs into “Funky Claude”. No casualties were reported, but for Claude Nobs, it was a disaster: the venue that hosted his jazz festival every summer (he had just celebrated its 5th edition there), as well as the pop concerts organised throughout the year with bands such as Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin, collapsed before his eyes.īarely recovered from the shock, Claude was faced with an urgent challenge: finding a new recording venue for Deep Purple. The flames invaded the building, the smoke was visible far and wide. “Fire!” On that famous 4th of December 1971, around 4.15pm, Frank Zappa’s concert at the Montreux Casino was interrupted. ![]() On December 4, 1971, a fire in a small Swiss town gave birth to a worldwide hit… We look back at this incredible story that put Montreux and its Festival on the map. ![]() Home “Smoke On The Water” 50th Anniversa… ![]()
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