TheRockRetrospective on Instagram: "Purple Haze was written by Jimi Hendrix in early 1967 and recorded with the Jimi Hendrix Experience at De Lane Lea and Olympic Studios in London. Built around a tritone-heavy guitar riff and studio effects that pushed British recording techniques to their limit, the song marked a sharp break from conventional rock structures of the time. Hendrix later said the lyrics were inspired by a dream and by his interest in science fiction, repeatedly rejecting claims t