[90] 71. Rock Aid Armenia All Stars - Smoke On The Water 1990

[90] 71. Rock Aid Armenia All Stars - Smoke On The Water 1990

Rock Aid Armenia - Smoke On The Water ('90) 

1. Smoke On The Water (The Mayhem Mix)
2. Smoke On The Water (The Radio Mix)

Life-Aid Armenia Records 1990
Produced by Gary Langan & Geoff Downes
Lead Guitarists - Richie Blackmore(Deep Purple), Dave Gilmour(Pink Floyd), Tony Iomi (Black Sabbath), Alex Lifeson(Rush), Brian May(Queen), Geoff Beauchamp
Vocalists - Ian Gillan, Bryan Adams, Bruce Dickinson, Paul Rodgers(The Law, ex Bad Company)
Bass - Chris Squire(Yes)
Keyboards - Keith Emerson(ELP), Geoff Downes(Asia, ex Yes)
Drums - Roger Taylor(Queen)



1. Smoke On The Water

We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn't have much time
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky

They burned down the gambling house
It died with an awful sound
Funky Claude was running in and out
Pulling kids out the ground
When it all was over
We had to find another place
But Swiss time was running out
It seemed that we would lose the race
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky

We ended up at the Grand Hotel
It was empty cold and bare
But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside
Making our music there
With a few red lights and a few old beds
We make a place to sweat
No matter what we get out of this
I know we'll never forget
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky

In 1989, artists from Pink Floyd, Queen, Rush, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Yes, Iron Maiden, Free and others joined forces to raise funds for people affected by the Armenian earthquake. Kerrang called it "the greatest array of hard rock talent every assembled". 

Organised by Jon Dee, the remake featured David Gilmour, Brian May, Tony Iommi, Ritchie Blackmore, Alex Lifeson and Chris Squire on guitars. On vocals it had Ian Gillan, Bruce Dickinson, Paul Rogers and Bryan Adams. Keith Emerson and Geoff Downes played the keyboards and Roger Taylor played the drums.

This is the official promo video for the 2010 Wermut & Dee remix of the track. The song was released worldwide - it successfully raised funds to rebuild a children's music school in Gyumri in the Armenian earthquake zone. Today the new school teaches music to 220 children a year!