DEEP PURPLE Members Look Back On "Pretty Hostile" Police Situation While Recording "Smoke On The Water" - "They Were Outside Hammering And Taking Out Their Guns," Says RITCHIE BLACKMORE

The making of Deep Purple's classic album, Machine Head, is the cover feature of the new issue of Classic Rock magazine. Says Classic Rock: "How many times does a freak accident change the course of hard rock history? Not all that often, we’d wager. But had a suspended ceiling in...