If you've watched Loudwire's Gear Factor series over the years, you've no doubt seen how influential Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" riff is, especially for guitar players just starting out and ...

Deep Purple have paid homage to Smoke on The Water's origins by returning to where it all started. On July 8, the band performed their iconic track at the 58th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, ...

Half a century ago, Deep Purple released their legendary album "Machine Head". As the cult album is now being reissued, the band's lead singer Ian Gillan tells us their most famous tune" Smoke On The ...

Kirk Hammett recently discussed the grunge influences of Metallica's iconic "Enter Sandman" in an interview with Guitar World. His aim for the song was to write the next "Smoke on the Water" by Deep ...

Deep Purple's current tour, "The Long Goodbye," will stop at Milwaukee's Riverside Theater on Sunday, Oct. 13. Before then, bassist Roger Glover talked with OnMilwaukee about the band's highs and lows ...

The story of how Deep Purple wrote their 1972 classic “Smoke on the Water” has finally been visualized. To commemorate the deluxe reissue of the band’s sixth album Machine Head, out March 29, Deep ...

Radiohead, The Smashing Pumpkins, Metallica, and Jane's Addiction each had great album-opening rock songs in the 1990s with iconic riffs.