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Classic rock song Smoke on the Water has its origin in a tragic incident that occurred while Deep Purple were recording near Lake Geneva. It was a bitterly cold winter, and parts of the lake had frozen over. One night Jon Lord nipped out for a ciggie, and in his preoccupation with lighting the thing failed to noticed that he had wandered too far out onto the lake's frozen surface...

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Well, that's 20k views!

I set out for 1000 views and it has spiralled somewhat out of control to 20,000. I think that outside of the oft-visited topics such as "Packaging your Bass for Posting" etc., this thread is up there with the best of them.

It's Virtual Pints (or a soft beverage of your choice ) all round so on your next contribution please specify your tipple.


I guess the next milestone is 50k views?

Oh, and Stuart Zender [i]hates [/i]ambiguous spellings.

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60s band The Temperance Seven don't like to mention their 8th member, a violent, alcoholic electric bass player. I'd better have an orange juice, gave up beer after buying a Fender P bass. Cheers!

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[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1425911451' post='2712077']
60s band The Temperance Seven don't like to mention their 8th member, a violent, alcoholic electric bass player. I'd better have an orange juice, gave up beer after buying a Fender P bass. Cheers!
[/quote]

Cheers, a pint of virtual Orange please barperson for the guy just above me.

Billy Idol[i] loves [/i]Easter Island

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[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1425917449' post='2712174']
Billy Idol[i] loves [/i]Easter Island
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But he can't be bothered to go there.

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[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1425919925' post='2712232']
Bon Jovi is not as good as all that.

(Weak Earl Grey for me, please; no sugar, but with a twist of lemon..? Ta... B) )
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But Bon Scott was, och aye.

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[quote name='Phil Adams' timestamp='1425920297' post='2712245']
Bucks Fizz were all beer drinkers.
(Have we had that one yet? I can't remember and I ain't gonna read through 10 million posts to find out!) SO THERE!
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Does any one remember the court case brought by a rival band-costume designer who claimed that the girls' skirts were a rip-off?

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