Swiss Riviera on the shores of Lake Geneva - Montreux! Why you need to go there, what to see and where to go in Montreux and the surrounding area, as well as how to get there and where to live.
The pandemic disrupted my travel plans a little, but the whole rhythm of life. And that was a big blow to me. During 2019 - early 2020, I traveled almost non-stop, making only rare stops in Kiev (I'm from Ukraine).
One of the most striking travels is the Swiss Alps, Lake Geneva and the part of France that borders Switzerland. Today I will tell you about Montreux, a trip to this city was largely due to my local friends. Thank you guys!

The main attractions of Montreux

Montreux is a very small city and I cannot say that it has the beauty that we are used to seeing in ancient European cities. Montreux is more modern than historical. Usually my main criterion for evaluating a city is whether I want to return? So you want to come back to Montreux again and again, or even better - stay here for a while.
If time is short, just walk along Lake Geneva, this will be enough to fall in love with Montreux. You can heighten your senses by looking at the city and the surrounding Alps from the water with a glass of champagne or local dry white.
The main thing in Montreux is the views of Lake Geneva and its surroundings and stories associated with famous people who have visited the city at different times - from royalty, musicians and actors to famous prisoners.

Chateau Chillon fortress

A 13th century fortress that stands on a small island in Lake Geneva, but actually on the shore. Undoubtedly, Chillon Castle is the main architectural attraction of Montreux.
It is best to look at the fortress from the water.
The main function of the castle of the fortress in antiquity was the family estate of the Counts of Savoy in the Middle Ages. The second function is a prison where many famous prisoners were kept.
Location: Avenue de Chillon 21, Veitaud / Montreux, Switzerland, just a few minutes drive from the city center, I walked pretty quickly.

Jazz Festival in Montreux

The world's number one landmark event. Somewhere it is abruptly even the Olympic Games in sports. I was both lucky and unlucky at the same time - I got to Montreux on the eve of the festival, literally a week before the start and saw all the preparations and the beginning "movement", but the travel schedule did not allow me to stay.
The festival was called jazz in its origin - it was conceived as jazz. But after 1970, such luminaries of the rock scene as Queen, Frank Zappa, Deer Purple were its active participants.
Remember the famous Smoke on the water Deep Purple? The song was written in memory of the event when the casino burned down in Montreux in 1971 just during the performance of Frank Zappa. Thick white smoke drifted over Lake Geneva, which inspired Gillan to write this song.
Miles Davis, Nina Simone and Ella Fitzgerald have performed at the festival at various times; after the 1970s, non-jazz artists such as Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, BB King, Oscar Peterson and others participated in it.
The festival can also be viewed free of charge from a boat or boat on Lake Geneva.
Location: Avenue Claude Nobs 5, Montreux, Switzerland, right on the shores of Lake Geneva.

City promenade in Montreux

The promenade is a 3.5 km long pedestrian road. from the Château de Chillon to Clarence. There are many flowers along the promenade, so the best time to walk is in spring. Each view from the boardwalk is a postcard, especially in calm weather, when the reflections of the castle and mountain peaks are especially beautiful.
Location: Along Lake Geneva, Montreux, Switzerland

Queen studio

In Montreux, the studio of the Queen group was located - Montreux Mountain, 7 albums of the group were recorded here. After Freddie's death, a sculpture of a musician was installed on the Montreux quay.
Location: Casino Barrièrede Montreux, RueduTheatre 9, Montreux, Switzerland

Gorge du Chauderon

In the old town is the beginning of the hiking trail along the gorge du Chauderon. The gorge is carved by the river La Baye-de-Montreux, which flows into Lake Geneva. The trail leading to and from Montreux is clearly marked.
Location: Old Town, Montreux, Switzerland

Lamp trail Les Pléiades

A non-trail path in Les Pléiades, which is called a lamppost for the fact that there are lanterns along it that illuminate the path.
The Lantern Trail is the main winter attraction in Montreux. I knew about her, so I included this attraction in the list.
It is better to walk along the lamppost path in winter, when the light of the lanterns is reflected in the snowdrifts, giving it a slight mysticism.
How to get there: To get on the trail you need to take the train from Montreux train station to Les Pléiades station. We leave and follow the signs along the trail illuminated by lanterns. Better to rent snowshoes. End your walk with a Swiss fondue tasting at Les Pléiades.
Address: Les Pléiades, Montreux, Switzerland

Lavaux Vineyard Terraces

Lavaux vineyards are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Tourists love them not for the lists, but for the panoramic views along the path and for the wine cellars where you can taste everything that is produced from local grapes.
Do you know why Swiss wine is not sold in your country? Because the Swiss drink almost everything they produce. So say the Swiss themselves, if anything. But at home, in Kiev, I did not see a lot of Swiss wine.
The Lavaux vineyards are 830 hectares between Lausanne and Montreux. Most use the Lavaux Express or Lavaux Panoramic special trains. But it is better to walk along the trails along the vineyards.
Location: Lavaux Vineyard Terraces, Puidu, Switzerland

Daffodil trail

This attraction is also in our bookmarks if we get to Montreux in the spring. There are many flower trails in the surrounding mountains. The tourist office of the city has maps with marked trails, or use any cartographic service - there are routes there too.

Walk on Lake Geneva

I left this activity for dessert. The views from Lake Geneva are not at all like what we see from the shore. It is ideal to combine both walks, water and walking. Be sure to take a boat trip to the Lake Geneva Conservation Area - there is a lot of wildlife, birds and aquatic life.
On Lake Geneva, you can rent any small boat - from a water catamaran or canoe to a boat. You can take a ticket for a pleasure boat, but the privacy of the moment is violated, you will have to ride with a crowd of tourists.
I was lucky - I admired Montreux on a private motor boat.

Conclusion

Montreux definitely has a lot to see and have fun for the solo tourist. If you are from Europe, especially Eastern Europe, I strongly recommend that you familiarize yourself in your free time.
This is my first such major post, I will be glad to hear your criticism and suggestions. Thanks for your attention!
Pleasant journey, friends.

P.S. A few words about travel insurance

You do not need insurance to enter Switzerland, but for your own confidence and wallet safety it is a must! Treatment in Switzerland is very expensive, besides, insurance saves you from having to look for a clinic or run for medicines, you never know what can happen. So take care of everything in advance and your journey will go smoothly.

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1: Cambodian Civil War - Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray, 10 kilometers northeast of Phnom Penh.
2: Six of the seven Trucial States combine in an act of union to found the United Arab Emirates / The Soviet Mars 3 lander reaches the surface of Mars, transmits for a few seconds and then goes silent. It is the first spacecraft to reach the planet.
3: The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 begins with Operation Chengiz Khan as Pakistan launches preemptive attacks on nine Indian airbases. The next day India launches a massive invasion of East Pakistan.
3–4: The Pakistani submarine PNS Ghazi (former USS Diablo) sinks mysteriously near the Indian coast while laying mines.
4: The Montreux Casino burns down during a Frank Zappa concert (the event is memorialized in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water"). The casino is rebuilt in 1975 / The McGurk's Bar bombing by the Ulster Volunteer Force in Belfast kills 15.
7: Battle of Sylhet rages between the Pakistani military and the Mukti Bahini.
8: U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the 7th Fleet to move towards the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean.
10: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally in support of the imprisoned activist features a performance by John Lennon at Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
11: Nihat Erim forms the new government of Turkey (34th government; Nihat Erim has served two times as prime minister).
16: Victory Day of Bangladesh - The Pakistan Army in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) surrenders to the joint forces of India and the Bengali nationalist separatists, ending the Bangladesh Liberation War.
18: The U.S. dollar is devalued for the second time in history / The world's largest hydroelectric plant in Krasnoyarsk, Soviet Union, begins operations.
19: Intelsat IV (F3) is launched; it enters commercial service over the Atlantic Ocean February 18, 1972 / The controversial dystopian crime film A Clockwork Orange, directed by Stanley Kubrick is released in New York City.
20: Two groups of French doctors involved in humanitarian aid merge to form Médecins Sans Frontières.
24: Giovanni Leone is elected President of the Italian Republic / Juliane Koepcke survives a fall of 10,000 feet following disintegration of LANSA Flight 508.
25: A fire at a 22-story hotel in Seoul, South Korea kills 158 people.
29: The United Kingdom gives up its military bases in Malta.
30: The first McDonald's in Australia opens in Yagoona, Sydney.

Hey guys,
Since this is one of the first places I think many new and veteran Floyd fans come to get news and information, I think it would be very beneficial for everyone to have a high quality bootleg list for those unfamiliar with it. There are some threads similar to this on YEESHKUL and other places, but frankly I just find them very confusing and are probably off putting to others as well, so I figured i'd just make my own that hopefully people can understand.
This post is kinda inspired by my dad, because my dad has been a Floyd fan for a long time, and it wasn't until I started bootlegging that he actually heard some of these essential pieces. So let's get the word out to these kinds of people!
For those who may not even know what a bootleg is, it's usually a live concert set that was unreleased on album by the artist. Most bootlegs come from audience members who used tape recorders, and a lot of them are not very good quality. However, there are a few that came from radio broadcasts, soundboards, and just some really good recordings that are definitely worth a listen to.
Most people recommend YEESHKUL! for downloading these performances, as it's probably the most active and accessible database. However you can find them on other websites as well by just googling the concert or album name.
So, here is the list of essentials:
Quality Key: Excellent > Good > Decent > Okay

Title of Performance	Quality	Year	Albums Featured	Description
BBC Archives 1967–1969	Excellent	1967-1969	PATGOD, Syd Barret Singles	Television performance. The Pink Floyd appeared on BBC One's "Look of the Week", hosted by Hans Keller. The performance consisted of a truncated version of "Pow R. Toc H." as well as "Astronomy Domine". Similar to Meddled, A very high quality recording.
Amsterdam '69 (The Man And The Journey Tour)	Excellent	1969	More, Ummagumma	Recorded live at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, on September 19th, 1969.
Pink Floyd Meets Frank Zappa	Excellent, according to users	1969	Variety	Pink Floyd performing with Frank Zappa. What more can I say?
BBC Archives 1970 (Mooed Music)	Excellent	1970	Atom Heart Mother	More early BBC sessions of Pink Floyd. Like the rest, they are very high quality performances and worth looking into. It's also very interesting to see how much the band changed from this year to the next.
Montreux Casino/More Blues/Smokin' Blues	Excellent, according to users	1970-71	AHM, Variety	Looking at the Discogs page, it says in some versions there is a performance of echoes on here from 1971 which seems like it'd be interesting, as well as a bonus performance of "Comfortably Numb" Fantastic sound and great encores according to some users.
Meddled, BBC radio broadcast archive	Excellent	1970	Atom Heart Mother, Meddle	Probably one of the highest quality bootlegs we have, including awesome performances of Fat Old Sun, One of These Days, Echoes, and the previously unreleased Embryo. It's got the quality of a studio recording. I highly recommend this one to every Pink Floyd fan.
Live At Pompeii	Excellent	1972	Saucerful, Meddle	I'm not sure this one is actually a bootleg anymore since it was released on that DVD, but regardless, another great quality performance from that pre-dark side era.
In Rainbow Light	Good-Decent (varies from song to song)	1972	Dark Side of The Moon*, Meddle, Saucerful	very early version of The Dark Side of the Moon. This includes some tracks like "The Travel Sequence (which was later replaced with On The Run), The Mortality Sequence (The Great Gig In The Sky), and a whole second setlist of pre-dark side stuff.
LA on April 26th, 1975	Good	1975	Dark Side of The Moon*, Wish You Were Here, Animals, Meddle	Just a solid performance of DSoTM from the 1975 tour. It's got some great surprises, like Any Colour You Like is just amazing. Not to mention some early WYWH/Animals stuff as well.
Animal Instincts/ Oakland Coliseum / In the Flesh / Plays the Animals / Mr. Pig, Oakland	Good (Some Mic pops and thuds throughout, other than that it's very good)	1977	Animals, Wish You Were Here, Dark Side, Saucerful	This is a spectacular recording from the 1977 tour, and by far one of the most popular. It features Animals and Wish You Were Here in their entirety, along with the last ever performance of Careful With That Axe, Eugene.. A great performance, I'd recommend for anyone who is a fan of this era of Pink Floyd.
In The Grassland Away, Live at Madison Square Gardens	Excellent - Good	1977	Animals, Wish You Were Here, Dark Side	Exact same setlist as Oakland, minus careful with that axe. A great performance so I hear...
Nassau Coliseum	Good	1980	The Wall*	For The Wall, I'd honestly just recommend getting the "Is There Anybody Out There?" CD, but if you can't do that, this live performance is pretty solid as well.
Roger Waters, Live in Radio City	Good-Excellent	1985	Pros And Cons*, Variety	This is another Radio broadcast, done by RW on his solo tour of PACOHH. It's got songs from Pink Floyd as well, and the whole performance is super energetic and awesome.
Delicate Sound of Miami	Good - Excellent	1987	A Momentary Lapse of Reason*, Variety	Features a full, unedited concert of AMLOR. Essentially like DSOT except without the re-recording and just a raw performance.
For Whom The Bell Tolls	Excellent - Good (I'm not positive, I haven't listened to it :P)	1994	The Division Bell, Dark Side, variety	From the same tour as seen in PULSE, however this particular recording doesn't feature all of DSOTM. However it does feature Take It Back, Lost For Words, and One Of These Days, all not featured on PULSE.
Live8 Reunion Concert	Excellent	2005	Dark Side, WYWH, The Wall	This one is definitely better SEEN, but it's also the final performance Pink Floyd ever did with all 4 original members in one place. Very emotional concert.
Roger Waters, Lunatics on The Grass, radio broadcast	Excellent	2007	Variety, DSoTM*	Essentially, I would call this "Roger Waters' Pulse". It's got the full DSoTM which is awesome, it doesn't feature David on guitar which might be a turn off for some, but overall a very good performance.
David Gilmour, Live in Wroclaw	Excellent	2016	Rattle That Lock, Variety	This show literally just happened this week and was broadcast about. We got some very high quality recordings of it. It featured a live orchestra and was just an awesome performance.

*Full Album featured, if not starred, it's only a couple tracks
If you guys have any more performances you can think of to add to this list, please tell me and I will add them on here. Note that I'm mainly looking for the highest quality performance you feel everyone should hear. Also, mods, i'm not sure if it's allowed to link to bootlegs, if I can please let me know so I can make this list even more useful.
EDIT if you guys have something not listed here that you would like to see added, if you could add the Quality Tag, what albums are featured on it, and a brief description as well, that would make it a lot easier for me. Thanks!

Hi this is my friends collection, he asked me to post this as we both know nothing about vinyl anymore! Any advice and help would be greatly appreciated :) If you could point out the real gems that would really help thanks.
deep purple --- fireball,
simple minds --- once upon a time,
ozzy Osborne --- blizzard of ozz,
mike oldfield --- tubilar bells,
manic St preachers --- roses in the hospital...... 6 track remix 12",
marrilion --- clutching at straws,
journey --- Kingdom come,
Elton John --- honky chateau,
Elton John --- very best of ( 1980 ),
Elton John --- don't shoot me,
in spiral carpets --- how it should be,
ub40 --- dream a lie,
van morrisson --- astral weeks,
the who --- tommy,
happy Mondays --- tokoloshe man,
jimi hendrix --- soundtrack from the film,
jimi hendrix --- rainbow bridge,
jimi hendrix --- the cry of love,
jimi hendrix --- band of gypsies,
jimi hendrix --- midnight lightning,
jimi hendrix --- crash landing,
jimi hendrix --- in the west,
jimi hendrix --- war heroes,
jimi hendrix --- hush now,
jimi hendrix --- looking back with,
uriah heep --- look at yourself,
cream --- heavy cream,
David gilmour --- about face,
Simon n garffunkle --- greatest hits,
whitesnake --- white snake,
genesis --- genesis x2 copies,
yes --- going for the one,
John lennox --- imagine,
tom petty --- full moon forever,
Neil Young --- everbobies rocking,
tom petty --- long after dark,
tom petty --- southern accents,
bob marley --- legend,
Carlos santana mahavishnu John mclaughlin --- love devotion surrender,
tangerine dream --- ruby con,
frank zappa --- ship arriving too late to save a drowning witch,
led zeppelin --- ll,
zz top --- Rio grande mud,
zz top --- afterburner,
zz top --- zz tops first album,
zz top --- my heads in missisippi,
bad company --- straight shooter,
barclay James harvest--- time honoured ghost,
the band --- the best of,
Baker gurvitz army --- elysian encounter,
baker gurvitz army --- self titled,
bad company --- run with the pack,
bad company --- burning sky,
beck rogert appice --- self titled,
johhny winter --- live,
pink Floyd dbl lp --- piper at the gates of dawn / a saucerfull of secrets,
Steve Miller band --- sailor,
Steve Miller band --- book of dreams,
steely dan --- pretzel logic,
steely dan --- the royal scam,
r e o speedwagon --- you can tune a piano but u can't tuna fish,
r e o speedwagon --- lost in a dream,
barclay James harvest --- everyone is everybody else,
be - bop deluxe --- sunburst finish,
barclay James harvest --- early morning onwards,
temptations --- masterpiece,
taste--- live taste montreux casino Switzerland,
tangerine dream --- stratosphere,
tchaikovsky --- the nutcracker,
tangerine dream --- ricochet,
zz top --- tres hombres,
zz top --- zejas,
johhny winter --- still alive and well,
wishbone ash --- there's the rub,
Jimmy Witherspoon Eric burdon -- guilty,
santana --- self titled,
santana --- caravanserai,
the jam --- all mod cons,
jimi hendrix --- axis bold as love,
Nat king Cole --- sings for you,
guy williams and luke Howard present..... fully booked hold on the remixes,
hot chocolate --- you sexy thing,
Steve hillage --- l,
rory Gallagher --- tattoo,
John cale --- helen of troy,
John cale --- Paris 1919,
jj cale --- special edition,
jah wobble --- invaders of the heart,
Robin trower --- for earth below,
Jethro Tull - aqualung,
Jethro Tull --- rock island,
tigers of pan tang --- wild cat,
stivell --- from celtic roots,
gerry rafferty --- city to city,
crowbar --- larger than life,
lou reed --- mistrial,
bon Jovi --- slippery when wet,
Paul Simon --- still crazy,
lou reed --- legendary hearts,
Bruce Springsteen ---- born in the USA,
Terry Reid --- fly like an eagle,
leon Russell --- stop all that jazz,
rolling stones --- under cover,
stones --- get ya ya ya's out,
triumph --- never surrender,
timbuk 3 --- edge of allegiance,
zz top --- fandango,
Robert plant --- now and zen,
Fleetwood Mac --- heroes r hard to find,
Fleetwood Mac --- live tusk tour 79/80,
Fleetwood Mac --- the original,
Fleetwood Mac --- Peter greens,
e l o --- e l o 2,
deep purple --- made in Japan,
Dr hook --- ballad of Lucy Jordan,
Dr hook --- self titled,
Dr hook --- rising,
Dr hook --- belly up,
Dr hook --- sometimes you win,
bob dylan --- baby stop crying limited edition,
bob dylan --- bringing it all back home,
bob dylan --- freewheeling,
bob dylan --- John Wesley harding,
rory Gallagher --- against the grain,
rory Gallagher --- defender,
rory Gallagher --- self titled,
rory Gallagher --- live in Europe,
moody blues --- out of this world,
Robert palmer -- some people do what they like,
Gary numan --- living ornaments 80,
lindisfarne --- magic in the air live,
lou reed John cale --- songs for drella,
bob segar system --- mongrel,
fat mattress --- self titled,
Jethro Tull --- war child,
the quick --- zulu 12" single,
Dr alban --- no coke 12" remixes,
rush --- hemispheres,
rush --- fly by night,
Robert palmer --- pressure drop,
wishbone ash --- pilgrimage,
wishbone ash --- self titled,
Edgar winter group --- they only come out at night,
Joe Walsh live --- u can't argue with a sick mind,
wishbone ash --- argus,
Alex harvey --- tomorrow belongs me,
Alex harvey --- soldier on the wall ,
Alex harvey --- framed,
Jeff beck --- truth,
Bachman Turner overdrive --- not fragile,
Bachman ...... --- as brave belt,
Bachman ...... ---- self titled,
Gregg allman --- I'm no angel,
union --- on strike,
martyr Ford --- morning dew,
Steve Hackett --- highly strung,
uriah heep --- very easy,
heaven 17 --- penthouse and pavement,
hawkwind --- self titled,
colin James hay --- looking for jack,
roy harper band ---- work of heart,
barclay James harvest --- the harvest bag,
hall n oats --- bigger than both of us,
hall n oats --- abandoned luncheonette,
hall n oats --- h20,
sammy hagar --- 9 on a 10 scale,
groundhogs ---- thank Christ for the bomb greatfull dead --- blues for Allah,
mark germino ---- teasing me do,
genesis ---- abacab,
bob geldoff --- great song of indifference,
jj cale --- really,
jj cale --- grasshopper,
johhny cash ---- live at San quentin,
roger chapman n the shortlist ---- live at hamburg,
Joe Cocker ---- Cocker,
Joe Cocker ---- with a little help from my friends,
Joe Cocker ---- off the record,
Leonard Cohen --- greatest hits,
Joe Cocker --- one night of sin,
Billy connely --- j,
c c r ---- greatest hits,
king crimson --- earthbound,
David Crosby ---- oh yes I can,
Crosby stills Nash ---- self titled,
Arthur crudup --- roebuck man,
bob dylan --- saved,
Donovan ---- greatest hits,
borrowed time ---- diamond head,
fixx --- how much is enough,
Dr feelgood --- down by the jetty,
Dr feelgood --- as it happens,
Dr feelgood --- malpractice,
the farm ---- rising sun,
family ---- music in a dolls house,
family ---- a song for me,
Andy fairweather low --- la boogie rooga,
mellissa etheridge --- aint it heavy,
mellissa etheridge --- never enough,
easy rider --- movie soundtrack,
earfull --- self titled,
Clint Eastwood and general Saint --- combination,
fuhrs and furlong --- ammerland,
cat Stevens --- foreigner,
John foggarty ---- eye of the zombie,
poco --- call it love,
Emerson lake n palmer --- pictures at an exhibition,
tom petty --- full moon fever,
janis joplin ---- pearl,
Robert palmer --- secrets,
nightcrawlers --- push the feeling on,
nilsson --- best of,
nazareth --- rampant,
Alison moyet --- raindancing,
nantucket sleighride --- mountain,
moody blues --- octave,
midnight oil--- truganini,
midnight oil --- in the valley,
John martyn --- sapphire,
lindisfarne --- magic in the air,
lennon plastic ono band --- shaved fish,
jungle boy --- bow bow wow,
thunderbolt joy --- 24k,
jolson ---- best of,
Robert Johnson ---- king of the delta blues singers volume 1 n 2,
king crimson --- in the court of crimson king,
skid row --- skid,
Peter tosh --- legalise it,
Carney leon Russell --- self titled,
rox --- violent breed,
rush --- farewell to kings,
rez --- innocent blood,
Steve Miller ---- the joker,
cat Stevens--- numbers,
quantum jump --- self titled,
queen --- the works,
led zep --- zoso,
squeeze --- velvet underground,
Michelle shocked '--- short sharp shocked,
frank sinatra --- greatest hits the early years,
Paul Simon --- in concert live rhymin,
Steve Miller --- abracadabra,
nilsson --- schmilsson,
queen --- the game,
spooky tooth --- u broke my heart,
Bruce Springsteen ---- the wild the innocent n the e street shuffle,
lynrd skynrd--- nuthin fancy,
manfredd Mann --- solar fire,
Eric Clapton --- e c was ere,
jesus Jones --- doubt,
10cc in concert,
al Stewart ---- year of the cat,
Alan parsons project --- vulture culture,
Alan parsons project --- eye in the sky,
Alex harvey band --- 4 play,
beatles ---- Sgt peppers lonely heart club band,
big audio dynamite --- megaton phoenix,
big audio dynamite ll --- cool-aid,
big brother n the holding company ---- cheap thrills,
black sabbath --- sabbath bloody sabbath,
black sabbath volume 4,
David Bowie --- miracle goodnight,
chris de burgh --- very best of,
black sabbath --- master of reality.
Edit - Apologies for the format, it's coming up as line breaks in between each artist when I edit so I can't do much.

"Frank Zappa‘s live shows, much like his albums, were regarded as much for their irreverent playfulness as their technical virtuosity: They were wildly unpredictable, genre-hopping musical sideshows that united freaks and misfits of all varieties.
But on Dec. 10, 1971, that chaotic unpredictability turned ugly, when disgruntled fan Trevor Charles Howell pushed Zappa off the stage at London’s Rainbow Theatre, inflicting multiple injuries upon the versatile guitarist and composer, ultimately leaving him bound to a wheelchair.
December 1971 is still remembered as the bleakest month in Zappa history. Only six days prior to the Rainbow incident, a crazed fan fired a flare gun during the band’s performance at the Montreux Casino in Geneva, Switzerland. The venue’s heating system exploded, starting a fire that left several fans injured, the band’s equipment destroyed, and the venue itself burned to a crisp." -UltimateClassicRock
December is the best month to discuss Zappa, followed by every single other month of the year.

The lyrics of the song tell a true story: on 4 December 1971 Deep Purple had set up camp in Montreux, Switzerland to record an album using a mobile recording studio (rented from the Rolling Stones and known as the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio—referred to as the "Rolling truck Stones thing" and "the mobile" in the song lyrics) at the entertainment complex that was part of the Montreux Casino (referred to as "the gambling house" in the song lyric).
On the eve of the recording session a Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention concert was held in the casino's theatre. In the middle of Don Preston's synthesizer solo on "King Kong", the place suddenly caught fire when somebody in the audience fired a flare gun into the rattan covered ceiling, as mentioned in the "some stupid with a flare gun" line.
The resulting fire destroyed the entire casino complex, along with all the Mothers' equipment. The "smoke on the water" that became the title of the song (credited to bass guitarist Roger Glover, who related how the title occurred to him when he suddenly woke from a dream a few days later) referred to the smoke from the fire spreading over Lake Geneva from the burning casino as the members of Deep Purple watched the fire from their hotel. The "Funky Claude" running in and out is referring to Claude Nobs, the director of the Montreux Jazz Festival who helped some of the audience escape the fire. Claude Nobs (2006), the "Funky Claude" mentioned in the song.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_on_the_Water
I first read this story in a Frank Zappa biography and found it very interesting. Hope you did too!

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Celebrations to mark Freddie Mercury's 70th birthday received a cosmic boost on Sunday night as Brian May, Queen's lead guitarist, announced that an asteroid nearly half a billion kilometres away had been named after the late singer.
In a move that links one of the most dazzling stars in history to one of the darker rocks in the solar system the International Astronomical Union confirmed that asteroid 17473, a 3.5km-wide ball of black rubble on the other side of Mars, shall henceforth be known as "Freddiemercury".
May, who has a PhD in astrophysics and an asteroid named after him already, revealed the name by video message to more than 1200 guests at the "Freddie for a Day" party at the Montreux Casino on Lake Geneva in Switzerland.
Chris Lintott, professor of astrophysics at Oxford and presenter of The Sky at Night said: "I think it's wonderful to name an asteroid after Freddie Mercury. He joins a list including all the Beatles, Frank Zappa, Bowie and, weirdly, the band Yes. Pleasingly, it's on a slightly eccentric orbit about the sun, just as the man himself was."
Another member of the asteroid club is Monica Grady, the Open University professor of planetary science, who lends her name to asteroid 4731.
Addressing the party, May thanked Joel Parker, astronomer and director at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, for almost single-handedly ensuring the asteroid was named after the Queen singer in time for the celebrations.

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