LaHost

LaHost was a British 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 '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 compilation album Fire In Harmony. Released on Elusive Records, a subsidiary of EMI, Fire in Harmony reached number 49 in the Kerrang! rock album chart.

The band's final gig was at The Rock Garden in London.

Erotic Antiques, a compilation of all the LaHost recordings was released in 1989.

Vocalist Mark Spencer 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. The album, This Way Out, released in November 2007, comprised a selection of tracks covering his musical career. Spencer was the flatmate of Twelfth Night vocalist Andy Sears, and was invited to replace Rick Battersby as keyboardist, during Twelfth Night's reunion dates in November 2007. He later joined Twelfth Night on lead vocal at the January 2012 gig at The Peel in Kingston, where they performed the whole of their Live at the Target and Fact and Fiction albums.

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