''¡Megaton Shotblast!'' is the debut album by American

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De Facto ''De facto'' ( ; , "in fact") describes practices that exist in reality, whether or not they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms. It is commonly used to refer to what happens in practice, in contrast with ''de jure'' ("by la ...

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, the album pulls influence from various genres, including

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, dub,

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jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

Track listing

#"Manual Dexterity" – 2:21 #"Cordova" (Live) – 10:17 #"El Professor Contra De Facto" – 4:59 #"Fingertrap" – 3:13 #"Descarga De Facto" (Live) – 8:18 #"Mitchel Edward Klik Enters A Dreamlike State... And It's Fucking Scandalous" – 4:27 #"Thick Vinyl Plate" (Live) – 6:49 #"Coaxial" – 7:15 #"Simian Cobblestone" – 4:23 #"Rodche Defects" – 3:57

Personnel

Omar Rodríguez-López Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López (born September 1, 1975) is an American guitarist and songwriter. He has formed or played in several bands, including the Mars Volta, At the Drive-In, Antemasque, and Bosnian Rainbows. He was the bassist for the ...

- bass *

Cedric Bixler-Zavala Cedric Bixler-Zavala (born November 4, 1974) is an American singer and songwriter. He is the lead singer and lyricist of the progressive rock band The Mars Volta and the only constant member of the post-hardcore group At the Drive-In, for which ...

- drums *

Isaiah Ikey Owens Isaiah ( or ; he, , ''Yəšaʿyāhū'', "God is Salvation"), also known as Isaias, was the 8th-century BC Israelite prophet after whom the Book of Isaiah is named. Within the text of the Book of Isaiah, Isaiah himself is referred to as "th ...

- keyboards * Jeremy Ward - melodica, sound manipulation *Alberto "El Professor" Aragonez - percussion (''3, 10'') * Ralph Dominique Jasso - keys (''3'') *Eric Salas - percussion (''3'') *David Lopez - trumpet (''4, 10'') *Gabe Gonzalez - piano (''9'') *Ángel Marcelo Rodríguez-Cheverez - vocals (''10'')

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20120227034127/http://defacto.bandcamp.com/album/megaton-shotblast
{{Authority control De Facto (band) albums 2001 albums Gold Standard Laboratories albums