Published for the first time in the U.S. The manuscript will be edited for a U.S. audience. Gillan talks about notable highlights: he invented headbanging, Deep Purple won the world record for loudest band, and the back story of the iconic song "Smoke on the Water." Deep Purple will be in the spotlight for much of 2017. The band will release their twentieth studio album, Infinite, in April 2017. They've announced "The Long Goodbye Tour," a farewell tour, for much of 2017. Deep Purple was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016. In his induction speech, Metallica drummer, Lars Ulrich, called Gillan "a magnet for the eyes personifying every trait of every front man coolness..." Deep Purple were pioneers of heavy metal and were extraordinarily influential and revered. Deep Purple have sold over 100 million albums worldwide. In the U.S., one album went double platinum, three platinum, and six gold. "Smoke on the Water" went gold and hit #4 on the U.S. charts. It is one of the all time classic rock songs. Deep Purple has 1.6 million Facebook fans and 1.8 million monthly listeners on Spotify. Gillan has over 200,000 Facebook fans.