Symbionese Liberation ArmyThe United Federated Forces of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) was a small, American far-left militant organization active between 1973 and 1975; it claimed to be a vanguard movement. Six members died in a May 1974 shootout with police in Los Angeles. The three surviving fugitives recruited new members, but nearly all of them were apprehended in 1975 and prosecuted.
Patty HearstPatricia Campbell Hearst (born February 20, 1954) is an American actress and member of the Hearst family. She is the granddaughter of newspaper publisher and politician William Randolph Hearst. She first became known for the events following her 1974 kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA). She was found and arrested 19 months after being abducted, by which time she was a fugitive wanted for serious crimes committed with members of the group.
D-StylesDave Cuasito better known by his stage name D-Styles, is a hip hop producer and DJ. He has been a member of Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Beat Junkies, and Third Sight. He has also been a resident DJ of Low End Theory. D-styles is an instructor at the Beat Junkies Institute of Sound. In 2002, D-Styles released his solo studio album, Phantazmagorea, on Beat Junkie Sound.
Dilated PeoplesDilated Peoples is an American Los Angeles-based hip-hop trio, composed of rapper and record producer Evidence, rapper Rakaa, and Beat Junkies deejay and record producer DJ Babu. The group is better known in the UK, where they reached the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart with two tracks, "This Way" and "Worst Comes to Worst". Their songs were featured in the 2003 video games Need for Speed: Underground and NBA Street Vol. 2, as well as MLB 06: The Show.Exclaim!Exclaim! is a music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, Canada, which features coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly Exclaim! print magazine publishes seven issues per year, distributing over 103,000 copies to over 2,600 locations across Canada. In addition to music, the magazine also covers film and comedy.
AllMusicAllMusic (formerly known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs well over three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic has been owned by RhythmOne since 2015.
CaliforniaCalifornia is a state in the Western United States that lies on the Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, and Nevada and Arizona to the east; it also shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With over 39 million residents across an area of 163,696 square miles (423,970 km2), it is the largest U.S. state by population and third-largest by area.Underground hip-hopUnderground hip-hop (also known as underground rap) is a scene and style of hip-hop music that is defined as being countercultural in nature, existing outside of and in contrast to the sounds, style and aesthetics of mainstream hip-hop. Despite this, underground artists have often reached widespread success and popularity through internet virality, critical acclaim, or appearances on the Billboard charts.Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty HearstGuerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst is a 2004 PBS documentary film about the 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst by the Symbionese Liberation Army left-wing revolutionary group. It was directed by Robert Stone, and features interviews with Timothy Findley and SLA members Russ Little and Michael Bortin.
Non PhixionAmerican hip hop group Non PhixionNon Phixion in 1998Background informationOriginNew York City, U.S.Genres Underground hip-hop hardcore hip-hop political hip hop Years active1995–2006, 2014–presentLabelsUncle Howie, Matador, Geffen, LandspeedMembersIll BillSabac RedGoretexDJ EclipsePast membersMC SerchNecro Non Phixion (pronounced Non-Fiction) is an American hip-hop group from Brooklyn, New York City.
Mary Alice SiemMary Alice Siem (born circa 1950; née Landles) was a student at the University of California, Berkeley when she became involved in 1973 with a prisoner outreach program at Vacaville Prison. She became the girlfriend of Thero Wheeler, an inmate who escaped in August 1973. He was a founding member of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), an extremist group based in Oakland that was classified as terrorist by law enforcement.Thero WheelerThero Lavon Wheeler (January 28, 1945 – March 2, 2009), aka Bruce Bradley while a fugitive (1973–1975), was a founding member of the Symbionese Liberation Army, an American left-wing organization in the San Francisco Bay area. He left the group in October 1973 as he objected to its plans to undertake violent acts. Law enforcement later classified the SLA as a terrorist group.
Wendy YoshimuraWendy Masako Yoshimura (born January 17, 1943) is an American still life watercolor painter. She was a member of the leftist terrorist group the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) during the mid-1970s. She was born in Manzanar, one of numerous World War II-era internment camps for Japanese Americans who were forced out of their homes and businesses along the West Coast. She was raised both in Japan and California's Central Valley.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.