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- LaHost was a UK progressive rock band of the 1980s. The band was formed by Sean Godfrey (bass) and Stephen J Bennett (keyboards) of the 1980s Norwich progressive band Airbridge. Godfrey and Bennett were joined by Fudge Smith (drums), Mark Spencer (vocals), David Valentine-Haggart (guitar) and Jaff (percussion). The band's first gig was at Norwich's legendary 'Whites' pub. London Marquee gigs were played to large audiences. Valentine-Haggart left to be replaced by Mark Trayton (lead guitar) who then left himself to be replaced by Mark Wyatt. A single "Just Breaking Away / The Big Sleep" was recorded at The Enid's studio in Suffolk. It was engineered by Simon Osbourne who has gone on to work with Sting and Phil Collins. LaHost had a track included on the album ‘Fire In Harmony’, a compilation. Released on Elusive Records a subsidiary of E.M.I. 'Fire in Harmony' reached number 49 in the Kerrang! rock album charts. The bands final gig was to a large audience at The Rock Garden in London. Erotic Antiques, a compilation of all the LaHost recordings so far was released in 1989. Vocalist Mark Spencer. Aside from Lahost, Mark has been in a variety of bands and musical ventures across the years, recording and performing with a wide array of people, including Robert Plant, Prince and Alexander O’Neal, among others. The album This Way Out, released in November 2007, comprises a selection of tracks covering Mark’s twenty-something career in the music business. Mark Spencer was the flatmate of Twelfth Night vocalist Andy Sears and was invited by Sears to replace Rick Battersby as keyboardist during Twelfth Night's reunion dates in November 2007. Drummer Fudge Smith went on to join successful UK progressive rock group Pendragon (1986 to 2006). During his busy music career, Fudge also featured on the album "Time Lapse", the tenth solo album by ex Genesis guitarist Steve Hacket. Keyboard player Stephen (James) Bennett continues his music career and is now also a film maker and based is based in Sweden. Since the Lahost split, Stephen has pursued music careers with his own band The Fire Thieves and worked with Tim Bowness (partner of Steven Wilson, in No-Man) and the band Henry Fool. Stephen has also collaborated with singer-songwriter Lady Sara Rönneke, David Torn, Hugh Hopper and David Picking. Recently, he has moved into film making with music videos for Tim Bowness and Peter Chilvers and No-Man and has just completed his first narrative film. Stephen also writes about Logic for the UK's best-selling music technology magazine, Sound on Sound, amongst others, as well as books on the same subject for PC-Publishing. Guitarist Mark Trayton went on to work briefly at The Lodge Recording Studio, owned by Robert John Godfrey of The Enid. His career moved into software engineering both teaching undergraduates and working as a military communications software engineer. Mark he kept his involvement in music as a musician, freelance producer and as a music technology consultant to one of the UK's largest radio advertising companies RadioJingles LTD formerly AMCO media. Since 2006 Mark Trayton has been a full time independent local radio producer creating radio station idents, radio adverts and jingles working in collaboration with the industry's leading musicians, vocalists, producers, voiceovers and composers including Steve O'Neill, Doc Montgomery, Simon G, Paula Kerrison and Lea Mounsey - who's musical talents are all heard daily on independent local radio stations, throughout the UK... Bassist Shaun Godfrey was formally with the band AirBridge which evolved into LaHost. Seans band "Airbridge", released the single "Words & Pictures", which was chosen on "Desert Island Discs" by the author Malcolm Bradbury. Lahost continued to play "Words & Pictures" due to it's popularity.
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