Lou Martin

Louis Michael Martin (12 August 1949 – 17 August 2012) was a piano and organ player from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was an original member of the London-based band Killing Floor, and also worked with fellow Irish musician Rory Gallagher.

Career Martin started learning the piano at the age of six, and joined his first professional band, Killing Floor, in April or May 1968. (ex-Sam Mitchell Band) and Dave Ball on lead guitar (ex-Procol Harum). The band played across London on the blues-rock circuit during the 1980s at venues such as The White Lion, Putney; The Star and Garter on Lower Richmond Road; The Golden Lion, Fulham and the Cartoon, Croydon.

Killing Floor released an album in 2004 named Zero Tolerance, on which Martin participated.

Death After a period of illness including cancer and a number of strokes, Martin died in a Bournemouth, Dorset, hospital on 17 August 2012, aged 63.