Earl Liberty (born Mark Vidal on September 4, 1960, in Redondo Beach, California) is an American punk rock bass guitarist, known for playing bass for Saccharine Trust from 1980 to 1982, playing on the South Bay/San Pedro-based band's 1981 debut album, Paganicons, and participating in touring with SST labelmates Black Flag. His stage name was coined when Minutemen's D. Boon declared "Jesus Christ, you're fucking huge! You're as big as the Statue of Liberty!" which was then wedded to his earlier nickname of "Earl."
Liberty joined Saccharine Trust when previous bassist Luis Maldonado left the band disenchanted with their move towards jazz.
