Killing Floor News

So sad to report the death of Stuart "Mac" McDonald (1950-2025), Killing Floor's original founder member bass player. A great friend and colleague and a classic blues rock bassist. R.I.P. Mac. Full Tribute Here.

Welcome to the official site of Killing Floor - the classic British blues rock band formed on February 14th 1968 by Mick Clarke and Bill Thorndycraft.

The original five piece line-up of Killing Floor was Bill Thorndycraft, Mick Clarke, Stuart McDonald, Bazz Smith and Lou Martin.

New podcast - interview with Mick talking about Killing Floor. Thanks to Farmer John at Vinyl Relics. Look for Episode 25.

New article in German, Good Times Magazine. Thanks to Milo Carr.

A new Clarke Thorndycraft track 'I Fought the Law' is released online on Friday 29th August - Spotify, Pandora, Apple. Bill's video below:



Mick Clarke continues to record and release new material
details at www.mickclarke.com

Tributes here to our friends
Lou Martin, Mick Hawksworth, Rod De'Ath and Ray Owen. And recently we also lost keyboard player Dave Lennox, who played on the Killing Floor re-union dates in 2012. Click for Mick's tribute to Dave.

Enjoy browsing the site. You can find full information on the classic 'Killing Floor' and 'Out of Uranus' albums, a full history of the band, tales of the Freddie King tours and much more.. just follow the links above.