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| | Smoke on the Volga: Among Russian fans, Deep Purple reigns (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | "Deep Purple is a higher form of life for us, it is genius, it is inspiration," said Alexei Kuznetsov, 43 years old, who took a week off from his job at a gas-pipeline company to follow the band along the Volga. |
 | | Deep Purple was attending a Frank Zappa concert in Montreaux, Switzerland, when the music hall caught fire and burned to the ground on Dec. 4, 1971. |
 | | Illinsky counts Deep Purple as one of the more serious groups to tour the country, because it continues to mix classical and blues with heavy-metal head-banging. |
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