Yeah, "side-projects" is not the right word for De Facto,
The Mars Volta and Sparta, since it's now the bands were
(ex?)At The Drive-In members are playing now... but I didn't find
an other one.
De Facto line-up:
Cedric Bixler: drums
Omar Rodriguez: bass
Ikey Owens: piano
Jeremy Ward: vocoder, frequency analyser & melodicas
How Do You Dub? You Fight
For Dub. You Plug Dub In
Légende du Scorpion à 4
Queues
De Facto is
a dub music band that exist since 1997 (remember, Chanbara
- In/Casino/Out (1998) - chorus is "Tour de
force / De Facto / Ayuchuco") with Cedric and
Omar from ATDI, Ikey Owens and Jeremy Ward (Jim's cousin,
not Jim's brother as said on some articles). They have already
toured in Europe and United States.
Here's De Facto's
discography, as seen on the Modern
City Records (french label that features the latest
release):
How Do You Dub? You Fight For Dub. You
Plug Dub In LP (Headquarter 1999) 456132015 12"/CD (Grand Royal 2001) How Do You Dub? You Fight For Dub. You Plug Dub In
LP/CD (ReStart 2001) Megaton Shotblast! 2xLP/CD (GSL 2001) Légende du Scorpion à Quatre Queues
LP/CD (Modern City 2001)
Here's some pictures, by
Mio Vesovic from the croation magazine Fokus: 123
First Born Pharoah's son is:
Gabe (ATDI's sound engineer): lead guitar
Jim: bass
Paul: guitar and vocals
Tony: drums
As you can see, Paul and Jim have swapped bass and
guitar. They play Metallica covers, but nothing past ...And
Justice For All because "that's fuckin weak shit"
(Jim, Buddyhead's
2000 interview).
They've not really played shows yet, only For
Whom the Bell Tolls at soundcheck in Japan. They
plan to go on tour with De Facto.
Sparta line-up: Jim Ward - Vocals, Guitar
Paul Hinojos - Guitar
Tony Hajjar - Drums
Mike Miller - Bass (Erick Sanger on the first line-up)
They've been signed on DreamWorks
Records on November 2001. They're actually recording their debut
full length album at Armoury Studios (Vancouver), the producer is
Jerry Finn, and they'll probably release it on early summer. Before,
on March-April, a 4-5 title EP, Austere, will be available
in some stores and at Sparta shows. It will contain only new songs
(not Air, Cut Your Ribbon and The Host that
were available for download) and Mike Major produced it.
The Mars Volta is De Facto + 2 other
persons. They've already recorded an EP, produced by Alex Newport
(In/Casino/Out, Vaya, other album produced here)
and they'll probably release it on April on GSL.
Their music could be described as a mix between Vaya and
Take up thy stethoscope and walk: psychedelic influences, many electro
stuff, it's light years away from At The Drive-In sound.