LIBERTY N JUSTICE - Chasing A Cure LP (2011)

Limited Edition


Near the end of 2010, in order to create awareness towards epilepsy and raise money for a cure, Justin Murr, the man behind all-star project Liberty N Justice, rounded up a bunch of rock star friends to put together a digital download only EP entitled "Chasing A Cure" including 5 songs.

Now Liberty N Justice is releasing "Chasing A Cure" on physical CD, this time around adding in 7 new songs consisting of covers, unreleased material and alternate versions of a couple of songs featured on previous LNJ albums.
This CD re-entitled "Chasing A Cure LP" will be available for a short time in a very limited quantity of only 500 copies being pressed.
Once these are gone, they are gone and will not be reproduced.

The first five tracks are exactly as they appeared on the digital EP. All are co-written by Vic Rivera.
Paul Shortino and Ron Keel lend their massive voices to the lead track "Say Uncle", a song about finally giving in, letting go, and letting God take over by "saying uncle". This track also features a very nice solo and outro from Twisted Sister guitarist, Eddie Ojeda.
Donnie Vie of Enuff 'Z Nuff is in excellent form on the track "Throwing Stones", which also features King Kobra guitar-slinger, JK Northrup. This is a nice mid-tempo rocker, again featuring smoking little solo in the middle and an incredibly catchy chorus. While probably a bit blusier and more modern than anything most Enuff Z' Nuff fans will recall Vie working on in the past, I think this is a style that suits him extremely well. This song is as radio-ready as it gets, and I would love to hear this get some airplay somewhere.

"Paige's Song" was written it tribute to Justin's daughter, and is a big piano-driven ballad featuring the talents of ex Unruly Child Philip Bardowell on vocals and Tony Palacios of Guardian on guitar. This tune really showcases Bardowell’s vocal power.
"Playing God" features Terry Ilous of XYZ on vocals, along with AOR legend Jeff Paris and Richard Kendrick of Near Life Experience. A very sweet melodic rocker with a very catchy refrain and nice backing vocals.
The final original EP track is the title cut, "Chasing A Cure". Benny Mardones turns in a powerful vocal performance and Firehouse's Bill Leverty adds a killer solo to this AOR semi-ballad.

On this newly expanded LP version of the album, Justin teases his fanbase by giving them hints of the upcoming LnJ double disc release. Two cover songs are included here.
Skid Row's "Quicksand Jesus" is handled very well by Kelly Keeling on vocals and is a nearly dead-on performance of the Skid's classic ballad.
The inclusion of Michael Jackson's "Black Or White" will set a lot of people to scratching their heads, but it works surprisingly well... up until Justin gets hip-hop-happy one more time and includes a rap from D.O.C.'s Alton Hood. Nowhere near my favorite moment of the album, but Ilous handles the non-rap portion of the vocals and Northrup rips off a nice little solo and handles the poppy guitar riff perfectly.
Also teasing the listeners is the track "Butterface", which is a sampling of the more modern rock-sounding original tracks that will also be included in the upcoming LNJ double disc release. This track features a monster guitar job from Joshua "When Mullets Ruled The World" is a smirk-laden ballad about the hairy excesses of the 1980's and early 1990's. Check out the video link below to be time-warped back to the days of spandex, leather, hot chicks, and guys who tried to look like hot & cool.

Probably the most unique song on this album is "Ground Zero", a huge, progressive track featuring none other than Kerry Livgren of Kansas fame, Carmen Appice on drums, and Kelly Keeling on vocals. This is, not surprisingly, a very Kansas-esque prog-rocker that simply has to be heard to be appreciated. Livgren is in excellent form here, tearing through a huge minute-long solo, and I don't know that I have heard Keeling sound this powerful before. An excellent, multi-layered and textured track that adds an entirely different dimension to this album.
"Snake Eat Snake" is a plugged-in version of a song that Reeves and Webster, both of Neon Cross, had contributed to the LNJ 'Independence Day' release a couple of years ago.
"Eve" and "Damascus Road" are demos of material that had not made previous releases featuring maestro Tommy Denander, with "Eve" being a modern-sounding up-tempo rocker and "Damascus Road" being a piano-driven power ballad.


I’m unsure who did all of the bass and drums for the album (I’m assuming Justin did the bass), but the backbone of the songs is solid throughout. The same can be said for the places where keyboards are added in.
Vic Rivera of AdrianGale / Crunch contributes heavily to the songwriting to this album (his name is actually featured alongside Liberty N Justice on the cover), and I believe he also supplies the vocals to both "Eve" and "Damascus Road".
Line Of Fire’s Shawn Pelata also getting writing credits on the title cut of the album.
"Chasing A Cure LP" is the most commercial, melodic rock oriented album of Liberty N Justice, there are really no weak songs here at all, and certainly nothing that would deter any fan of the project or any of its contributors from picking up this album.
The line up on the original EP alone is enough for the melodic rock fan to want to purchase this CD.
This Ltd. Ed. will be a collector's item in near future, get yours quickly.


01 Say Uncle (Paul Shortino of Quiet Riot / Rough Cutt, Ron Keel of Keel & Eddie Ojeda of Twisted Sister)

02 Throwing Stones (Donnie Vie of Enuff Z Nuff & JK Northrup)

03 Paige’s Song (Philip Bardowell of MAGDALEN/Unruly Child/The Beach Boys and Tony Palacios of Guardian)

04 Playing God (Terry Ilous of XYZ, Jeff Paris and Richard Kendrick of Near Life Experience)

05 Chasing A Cure (Benny Mardones, John Pine and Bill Leverty of Firehouse)

Bonus 'LP' tracks:
06 Black Or White (Terry Ilous of XYZ, Alton Hood of D.O.C. & JK Northrup) Originally Recorded by Michael Jackson

07 Quicksand Jesus (Kelly Keeling of Baton Rouge) Originally Recorded by Skid Row

08 Snake Eat Snake ‘Electric Version’ (David Raymond Reeves & Don Webster of Neon Cross)

09 Butterface (Mark Allen Lanoue of Biloxi & Joshua Perahia of Joshua)

10 When Mullets Ruled The World (Philip Bardowell of MAGDALEN/Unruly Child/The Beach Boys)

11 Ground Zero (Kelly Keeling of Baton Rouge and Kerry Livgreen of Kansas/Protokaw & Carmine Appice)

12 Eve (Tommy Denander)

13 Damascus Road (Tommy Denander)







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