British rock band Deep Purple performed the hit track Smoke On The Water on the brand new stage built over Lake Geneva at the Montreux Jazz Festival. As the globally renowned riff for the song ...

Fifty-three years ago today, Deep Purple went to No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart with their most influential album.

A great guitar riff makes the song memorable ... While the best ones maybe already recorded, you might just create the next Smoke on the Water or Black Dog! The first two sections of this study ...

Ritchie Blackmore will always be best known for the titanic riff he supplied to 'Smoke on the Water,' but there's more to the guitarist than Deep Purple. He also co-founded Rainbow, a band that ...