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ADRIAN THRILLS: When pop was moving towards heavier, more amplified styles at the start of the 1970s, Deep Purple were at the heart of the seismic shift. Alongside their two great peers, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they totally embodied British rock, and in 1975 the Guinness Book Of Records officially crowned them the world's loudest band. But there was always more to the London group than that ear-splitting volume. They played hard and fast, singing about speeding cars (Highway Star) and mysterious women (Fireball), but their music also encompassed orchestral composition and jazz. Their most famous song, Smoke On The Water - written about a casino fire on Lake Geneva - was based on a traditional blues riff.