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, and following the death of Jeremy Ward in May 2003 due to drug overdose, any future re-groupings of De Facto appeared highly unlikely. 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. 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. Since 2001 the only new De Facto release had been the live footage from January 3, 2001, show at The Smell, Los Angeles, including on the Gold Standard Laboratories DVD GSL Lab Results Vol. 1 Live in 2007. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, however, mentioned the possibility of releasing a documentary from the band's European tours, as well as previously unreleased tracks from Mario Caldato Jr. sessions. Ikey Owens died of a heart attack in 2014, while on tour with Jack White. Influences and genres De Facto's general style was instrumental dub, influenced by the heady sounds of the likes of King Tubby and Lee "Scratch" Perry. However, they also dabbled in electronica, 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. A lot of those ideas led to what would become the members' next band, The Mars Volta. Band members Omar Rodríguez-López — bass Cedric Bixler-Zavala — drums Isaiah "Ikey" Owens (†) — keyboards Jeremy Ward (†) — sound manipulation, vocals, melodica, synthesizer Discography Albums ¡Megaton Shotblast! (2001) Légende du Scorpion à Quatre Queues (2001) EPs De Facto (1999) 456132015 (2001) How Do You Dub? You Fight For Dub. You Plug Dub In. (2001) Singles "120E7" (2001) Appears on Test Four (CD) 120 E7 Nova Records 2001 Test the Box (5xCD) 120 E7 Nova Records 2001 Audioflashcard (CD, comp) Gold Standard Labs See also At the Drive-In The Mars Volta See also List of ambient music artists References American reggae musical groups Musical groups established in 1998 Musical groups disestablished in 2003 Dub musical groups Electronica music groups Salsa music groups Musical