Publisher's Synopsis
These days Deep Purple's 'Smoke on the Water' is such a ubiquitous rock anthem that it almost seems as if it's been out there forever. Yet the story of how this most famous of metal tracks came into being is shot-through with chance incidents, any one of which could have seen the recording stifled at birth, leaving music writers to scrabble about for another 'best riff of all time' contender (and five hard-working musicians considerably less well-off). This book looks in detail at this crucial period in Deep Purple's history and the making of their break-through album 'Machine Head'.
