Wikipedia

De Facto (band): Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Citation bot (talk | contribs)
Bots
5,322,630 edits
Altered title. Added date. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Abductive | Category:Articles that may contain original research from September 2024 | #UCB_Category 96/210
 
(12 intermediate revisions by 7 users not shown)
Line 1:
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Short description|American dub reggae band}}
{{multipleissues|
{{Refimprove|date=May 2008}}▼
{{fanpov|date=September 2024}}
{{original research|date=September 2024}}
▲{{Refimprove|date=May 2008}}}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = De Facto
Line 9 ⟶ 12:
| landscape = yes
| origin = [[El Paso, Texas]], U.S.
| genre = {{hlist|[[dub music|Dub]], |[[electronica]], |[[reggae]], |[[salsa music|salsa]]}}
| years_active = {{hlist|1998–2003, |2024–present}}
| label = {{hlist|[[Grand Royal Records|Grand Royal]]|[[Gold Standard Laboratories|Gold Standard]]}}
| label =
| associated_actsspinoff_of = [[At the Drive-In]], [[The Mars Volta]], [[Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group]]
| spinoffs = [[The Mars Volta]]
| website =
| current_members = *[[Cedric Bixler-Zavala]]
Line 32 ⟶ 36:
Following the break-up of [[At the Drive-in]] in 2001, Rodríguez-López and Bixler-Zavala switched their focus to working on De Facto. That year eventually saw all the band's releases come out, starting with ''[[456132015]]'' EP produced by [[Mario Caldato Jr.]]. De Facto's first full-length album, ''[[¡Megaton Shotblast!]]'' was released on the [[Gold Standard Laboratories]] label, and received moderate success, likely in part due to the popularity of [[At the Drive-In]]. ''[[Légende du Scorpion à Quatre Queues]]'', which would be the last De Facto album, followed the same year, released through Modern City Records. Both albums combined the band's studio recordings made in 2000 with live recordings from the European tour in 2001.
 
In 2001, the members of the band teamed up with bassist [[Eva Gardner]] and drummer [[Blake Fleming]] to form [[The Mars Volta]]. Despite this, De Facto continued to play live shows in the following years. During that time, Rodríguez-López met [[John Frusciante]] at one of the shows, and the two became friends; Frusciante once joined De Facto on stage as a guest guitarist. The band, however, did not put out any new material after 2001, and following the death of Jeremy Ward in May 2003 due to drug overdose, any future re-groupings of De Facto appeared highly unlikely.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}
 
In a radio interview conducted by [[Radionica]] [[Colombia]] on October 28, 2008, Cedric Bixler-Zavala revealed that after returning from the South American leg of the current Mars Volta tour, new De Facto material might possibly be recorded.<ref>{{cite episode | title = Radionica: Cedric Bixler-Zavala interview | station = Radionica | location = [[Colombia]] | airdate = October 28, 2008 }}</ref> In the same interview, Bixler-Zavala also stated that he would be returning to the drums for the production. To date, it has not been confirmed if the sessions actually happened.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}
Line 40 ⟶ 44:
Ikey Owens died of a heart attack in 2014, while on tour with [[Jack White (musician)|Jack White]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-10-15 |title=Isaiah 'Ikey' Owens, Jack White's keyboardist, dies aged 38 |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29626786 |access-date=2023-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Alex |date=2014-10-14 |title=Jack White's keyboardist, Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, found dead in Mexico |url=https://consequence.net/2014/10/jack-whites-keyboardist-isaiah-ikey-owens-found-dead-in-mexico/ |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
In February 2024 it was announced that De Facto would be making a surprise return after more than 20 years to play at the [[SXSW]] festival, to coincide with the North American premiere of the documentary ''Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pinto |first1=Julia |title=DE FACTO, Automatic, Estevie &amp; More – 2024 SXSW Music Weekly Roundup |url=https://www.sxsw.com/music/2024/first-2024-sxsw-music-weekly-roundup-lineup/? |website=sxsw.com |date=February 2024 |access-date=2 February 2024}}</ref>
 
== Influences and genres ==
{{Cleanup rewrite|date=December 2009}}De Facto's general style was [[instrumental rock|instrumental]] dub, influenced by the heady sounds of the likes of [[King Tubby]] and [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]]. However, they also dabbled in [[electronica]], [[Latin American music|Latin]] and [[salsa music]], and [[jazz fusion]]. The band's writing process was largely improvisational, based on an exchange of ideas using drum and bass rhythms as the songs' spines. Many of those ideas later led to what would become the members' next band, [[The Mars Volta]].<ref>[http://www.epitonic.com/index.jsp?refer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.epitonic.com%2Fartists%2Fdefacto.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930023507/http://www.epitonic.com/index.jsp?refer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.epitonic.com%2Fartists%2Fdefacto.html|date=September 30, 2007}}</ref>
 
== Band members ==
*[[Omar Rodríguez-López]] —– [[Bass guitar|bass]] (1998–2003, 2024-present2024–present)
*[[Cedric Bixler-Zavala]] —– [[Drum kit|drums]], [[singing|vocals]] (1998–2003, 2024-present2024–present)
*[[Marcel Rodríguez-López]] —– synthesizers, keyboards (2024-present2024–present)
*[[Teri Gender Bender]] —– vocals (2024-present2024–present)
*[[Isaiah "Ikey" Owens]] (†) —– [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[melodica]] (2000–2003; died 2014)
*[[Jeremy Ward (musician)|Jeremy Ward]] (†)– — [[Audio engineering|sound manipulation]], [[singing|vocals]], [[melodica]], [[synthesizer]] (1998–2003; his death)
 
== Discography ==
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Facto_(band)"