De Facto began as small jam sessions after At the Drive-In shows. The original band consisted of Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Ralph Jasson, and Jeremy Michael Ward playing local shows around their home town, El Paso, Texas. The original name was the Sphinktators.
Omar met Ikey Owens at a hip hop show. They exchanged numbers and Ikey met up with them, joining on keyboards midshow. After relocating to the west coast, Ikey joined the band full-time.
Following death of Jeremy Ward in May 2003, any future re-groupings of De Facto appeared highly unlikely. However, in 2024 De Facto played a show with Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez on keys and Teri Suarez on vocals. Although social media accounts for the band were made there is no further indication of future activity for De Facto. In 2024 their music was removed from Spotify.
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Where they played
32venues across 11 countries · 38shows mapped
Recent Shows
- Mar 11, 2024 ACL Live at The Moody Theater Self-Titled Festival
- Apr 5, 2003 Mochvara Deloused
- Feb 15, 2003 The Scene Glendale Deloused
- Jan 24, 2003 The Casbah Deloused
- Aug 18, 2002 Lincoln Park Tremulant
- Jul 30, 2002 Spaceland Tremulant
- Apr 24, 2002 Knitting Factory Tremulant
- Oct 17, 2001 House of Blues Anaheim De Facto
- Aug 25, 2001 The Glass House De Facto
- Aug 10, 2001 924 Gilman De Facto
- Aug 9, 2001 The Smell De Facto
- Aug 8, 2001 The Casbah De Facto
- Jul 25, 2001 Knitting Factory De Facto
- Jul 22, 2001 Che Cafe De Facto
- Jul 14, 2001 Troubadour De Facto
- Jul 13, 2001 Che Cafe De Facto
- Jul 12, 2001 Chain Reaction De Facto
- Jul 11, 2001 Slim's De Facto
- Apr 9, 2001 E9 De Facto
- Mar 31, 2001 Troubadour De Facto