Ralph Jasso moved to keyboards but soon quit the band.

The lineup of the band was switched around: Cedric played drums like he did before in his earlier bands Foss and Los Dregtones, Omar played bass, and Jeremy ran samples, sang, and did the sparse guitar work. Cedric said, 'Yeah, actually, we used to be called the Sphinktators, that was early De Facto, just more rock.' Omar was actually the singer of the Sphinktators and remembers, 'We used psychedelic sounds, Cedric played the bass, Jeremy played guitar, and Ralph Jasso played drums.'įor their first recording, they brainstormed the name De Facto Cadre Dub, which was later shortened to De Facto. The original band consisted of Omar, Cedric, and Jeremy playing local shows around their hometown, El Paso, Texas. The band began as small jam sessions after At the Drive-In shows.