Deep Purple - Behind the Music
Hard rock and heavy metal pioneers Deep Purple were made famous by Smoke On The Water, their hit song about the imfamous fire which destroyed the Montreux Casino during a Frank Zappa concert in 1971, and there were more fiery crises ahead... From their traumatic brush with fascist Indonesia which left a band bodyguard dead and Ritchie Blackmore's obsession with séances, pointy hats and spells, to the night his hair caught fire at California Jam and an impressive rock-star sprinkling of drugs, divorse, hissy fits and resignations. Still on the road almost 40 years later, this is the story of Deep Purple - always deep but never dull.
Year: 2014
Duration: 50 minutes
Credits
Executive Producers
Terry Shand
Geoff Kempin
Supervising Producers
Alan Ravenscroft
Peter Worsley
Editor
Matthew Longfellow
Produced & Directed By
Joss Crowley
Production Coordinator
Laura Hartley