Here are some old and new quotes about Liberty from and their music by people who know what they are talking about
- DJ Chris Philips on Kiss 100 FM
"Liberty are one of the funkiest bands in the UK."
- DJ Steve Edwards on BBC Radio One
"(Liberty)..has continued to purvey fine R&B to the gentry"
- Paul Sexton in The Times
"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 on Kiss 100FM
(currently MTV Digital, Music Programming Manager & formerly Head of Music, Kiss FM Radio)
"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 in Time Out (currently Features Editor for The Independent On Sunday)
"Liberty, if comparisons have to be made, would run Parliament/Funkadelic a close race, combining the exuberance of Clinton and the technical/emotional depth and resonance of Bootsy. Their frontman, Frankie B, is a personality to watch closely....(Liberty) are part of the future of contemporary music in this country and deserve all the support we can give them."
- Editor Bill McAllister in Exposed magazine
"First British band I've heard make that kind of sound in a long time, period I think.....They are going to be big."
- DJ Dave Gregory on Jazz FM
"They are one of the most exciting British bands I�ve seen in the last year or two"
- Nick Coleman on Capital Radio (currently Features Editor for The Independent On Sunday)
"They are accomplished musicians and performers who impressed with their talent and professionalism."
- DJ David Jensen
"Liberty are far from an obscure underground act... and are still going strong today"
- Imogen Tilden in The Guardian
"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!"
- DJ Dave Gregory on Jazz FM
"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!"
- DJ Jasper The Vinyl Junkie on Choice FM
"They are really lively. Great dance music, great dancing routines too. They are called Liberty"
- DJ David Jensen on Capital Radio
"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 reviews Liberty's debut album in Blues & Soul
"This vigorous funk outfit clearly enjoy their live performances"
- The Sunday Express
"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 review's the compilation album 'Denz da Denz' in Blues & Soul
(currently a Senior Broadcast Journalist for BBC�s newly launched urban digital station, 1XTRA)
"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"
- Producer Martyn Ware in The Sunday Mirror
"Popular live UK band who have got that modern US R&B thing down very nicely indeed transfer effortlessly to vinyl for this, their debut single. The groove is a thoroughly contemporary, swinging-style thing but where this really makes its point so eloquently is in the fine, catchy tune and the great use of lead and harmony singing. It is slick, intricate stuff that would gall in lesser hands, but these chaps have all the skill and confidence to make it happen. Sounds like a million dollars - and I use that currency pointedly."
- Mark Webster reviews Liberty's single 'Who Is She?' in Blues & Soul
"There's a band called Liberty that won Capital Radio's Young Bands Competition two years ago, and to this date they still don't have a record deal. I've kept in contact with them, and tried to help them, because I really believe they have a marketable talent, but this band is so hard up that there are times when they can't even afford the price of a tube ticket to come and see me."
- Producer Martyn Ware in Sound On Sound magazine
"The funk is back in a big way thanks to Liberty who's new album is jam packed with it"
- Willber Wilberforce in Touch magazine
"We wish Liberty all the best because they're friends of the show"
- Christopher Price, Presenter, on Liquid News, BBC
"Liberty, free at last. Free to use their name exclusively"
- Haig Gordon, Entertainment Correspondent, on London Tonight News, ITV
"Give it up for the 'real' Liberty"
- Amanda Byram, Presenter, interviews Liberty on The Big Breakfast, Channel 4
"We do not accept that the other band have any right to prevent us from using the name Liberty and we are confident that the court will support our view"
- Pier Reid, V2 Records, on London Tonight News, ITV - (Doh!)
"But I don't think we have to change our name. The record company's sorting it out. It also happened with a band called Liberty. They had to change their name to Liberty X 'cause another group said they recorded songs as Liberty. The group won the case and Liberty had to change their name and pay lots of money."
- Duncan James from pop band Blue in Candy Magazine
"This band had a lot of publicity and played a number of live concerts...they kept going in the business where they were known and respected."
- Ann Harrison, Head of Music, Harbottle & Lewis solicitors (they lost the name case) discusses Liberty in her new book 'Music: The Business'.
"Liberty on Solar, Slippery When Wet. I do love that. Now that is 100% homegrown UK soul of the finest 21st Century order. Now why, oh why, oh why have these guys not got a record deal."
- DJ Dave Gregory on Solar Radio interviews Liberty during his Boxing Day 2002 show
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