De Facto (alternatively spelt as DeFacto) is an American dub reggae band which has included Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Omar Rodríguez-López, Isaiah "Ikey" Owens and Jeremy Ward.

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!

Légende du Scorpion à Quatre Queues, which would be the last De Facto album, followed the same year, released through Modern City Records.

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.

[citation needed] Since 2001 the only new De Facto release was live footage from a January 3, 2001, show at The Smell, Los Angeles, included on the Gold Standard Laboratories DVD GSL Lab Results Vol.

[2][3] 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.

[4] De Facto's general style was instrumental dub, influenced by the heady sounds of the likes of King Tubby and Lee "Scratch" Perry.