Liberty is a UK funk band that started around 1988. They were voted Capital Radio Band Of The Year in 1993. If you like Prince, Mint Condition & p-funk then check out Liberty.
“Liberty on Solar, Slippery When Wet. I do love that. Now that is 100% homegrown UK soul of the finest 21st Century order.”
Dave Gregory - Solar Radio
“Give it up for the 'real' Liberty.”
Amanda Byram, Presenter, interviews Liberty - The Big Breakfast, Channel 4
“Liberty, free at last. Free to use their name exclusively.”
Haig Gordon, Entertainment Correspondent - London Tonight News, ITV
“We wish Liberty all the best because they're friends of the show.”
Christopher Price - Liquid News, BBC
“The funk is back in a big way thanks to Liberty who's new album is jam packed with it.”
Willber Wilberforce - Touch magazine
“I am a fan of American black dance music and Liberty were very good at what they did. In my opinion they should be major artists.”
Martyn Ware (Producer & Heaven 17 founder) - The Sunday Mirror
“Liberty's 'A Rose By Any Other Name' deserves an extended visit, since it rides the diluted rhythm that underpinned Total's 'Can't You See' , with the confidence of those capable of handling it instrumentally.”
Jacqueline Springer - Blues & Soul magazine
“This vigorous funk outfit clearly enjoy their live performances.”
The Sunday Express
“The thrust is funk and nothing but funk.......Yes it's contemporary, yes it stands on it's own merits and yes, it's British. No Liberty takers.”
(Editor) Bob Kilbourne - Blues & Soul magazine
“This is Liberty, one of the premier London P-funk/Minneapolis bands.....If you don't like this, you're mad! We have five to give away so each caller will get a T-shirt and an album. Don't ring yet, put the phones down. The phones are going mad.”
Jasper The Vinyl Junkie - Choice FM
“That's David, Kevin, Frank, Glen and Jamie aka Liberty, P-funk UK stylie. A very original, diverse album. We' re giving away three tonight and i think we've got some right answers. We thinks we've got about 400 of them, the switchboard is going into meltdown.”
Dave Gregory - Jazz FM
“Liberty are far from an obscure underground act... and are still going strong today.”
Imogen Tilden - The Guardian
“They are one of the most exciting British bands I’ve seen in the last year or two.”
Nick Coleman - Capital Radio
“First British band I've heard make that kind of sound in a long time, period I think.They are going to be big”
Dave Gregory - Jazz FM
“Liberty would run Parliament/Funkadelic a close race, combining the exuberance of Clinton and the technical/emotional depth and resonance of Bootsy. They are part of the future of contemporary music in this country and deserve all the support we can give them.”
(Editor) Bill McAllister - Exposed magazine
“Liberty are a funk outfit whose thumpingly contemporary groove shimmies out of James Brown, orbits P-funk and crash-lands on the far side of Teddy Riley. They are not afraid to jam.”
Nick Coleman - Time Out
“We are going to pursue this bands career very, very closely because it’s fairly clear to me that they are in the advanced stages and very close to superstardom and world domination”
Lindsay Wesker - Kiss 100FM
"(Liberty)..has continued to purvey fine R&B to the gentry.
Paul Sexton - The Times
“I know it sounds almost degrading to British music but it's hard to believe that is a British production, a British tune. It sounds so contemporary American... a wicked, wicked British band.”
Chris Philips - Kiss 100 FM
"Liberty are one of the funkiest bands in the UK."
Steve Edwards - BBC Radio One