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Vic Fuentes
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Vic Fuentes performing in 2016
Background information
Birth nameVictor Vincent Fuentes
Born (1983-02-10) February 10, 1983 (age 41)
Origin San Diego, California, U.S.
Genres
OccupationMusician
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • bass
Years active1998–present
Labels
Member of Pierce the Veil
Formerly of
Website piercetheveil.net

Victor Vincent Fuentes (born February 10, 1983) is an American musician. He is the co-founder, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the post-hardcore band Pierce the Veil, which he formed with his brother Mike Fuentes in 2006.

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Biography

Fuentes was born on February 10, 1983, in San Diego, California, to Vivian K. Fuentes and Victor Gamboa Fuentes, a painter and former jazz musician. [1] He has a younger brother, Mike Fuentes, two half-brothers, and one half-sister. [2] He is related to Nick Martin, who currently plays in Sleeping with Sirens, and Coal Flower, a lesser-known independent artist. [3]

At age 7, Fuentes learned to play guitar. [4] [5] After attending Mission Bay High School, he attended San Diego State University, where he studied graphic design. He quit studying after his former band Before Today was signed to Equal Vision Records. [6] [7]

He is friends with Curtis Peoples, who was co-writer of the single "King for a Day". They played together in a band called 3 Simple Words while attending high school. [8]

Musical career

During his time at Mission Bay High School Fuentes played in a local punk band called 3 Simple Words alongside Curtis Peoples, who later worked together with Pierce the Veil on some songs, including "King for a Day".

In 1998 he formed a band called Early Times with his younger brother Mike. [9] After releasing three EPs the band was forced to rename due to copyright violation. The group changed their name to "Before Today". After signing a recording contract with Equal Vision Records the band released their only album, A Celebration of an Ending, in 2004 before breaking up two years later. [10]

In 2007 the duo released their debut record, A Flair for the Dramatic , with the newformed band called Pierce the Veil. With this band Fuentes released three more albums, Selfish Machines , Collide with the Sky , and Misadventures after integrating bassist Jaime Preciado and guitarist, Tony Perry. He toured in North America, South America, Australia, Asia and Europe several times, played at big music festivals such as Rock am Ring and Rock im Park, Reading and Leeds, Warped Tour, Soundwave Festival and Slam Dunk Festival. On concert tours Fuentes shared stage with acts including Bring Me the Horizon, All Time Low, Sleeping with Sirens, Tonight Alive and A Day to Remember.

Alongside his brother, he was involved in the short-lived supergroup Isles & Glaciers with musicians including Jonny Craig, Craig Owens, Brian Southall, Nick Martin and Matt Goddard. After playing only one show at SXSW 2009 and releasing only one EP ( The Hearts of Lonely People ) in 2010, the band broke up. [11]

Fuentes was also a session guitarist for a short North American tour with the short-lived pop punk band Cinematic Sunrise. [12]

In November 2022, Fuentes was featured on Cavetown's album worm food on track 4, titled "a kind thing to do".

Songwriting

Fuentes has written songs with the likes of Tom Denney, Curtis Peoples and Dave Yaden. When asked in a 2012 interview about the lyrical themes on Collide with the Sky, Fuentes said he did not want to "go with any sort of concept or anything like that". He added that Pierce The Veil is inspired by the band's experiences with their family, lives, relationships, tours, and friends. [13]

Events from Fuentes' personal life have served as subjects in numerous Pierce The Veil songs. "Million Dollar Houses (The Painter)" from the 2010 album Selfish Machines is about Fuentes' parents: "No matter how bad things got, they've always had each other". [14] The song "A Match Into Water", from Pierce the Veil's third album Collide with the Sky , was written by Fuentes for his former girlfriend who was suffering from breast cancer. [15]

Multiple songs written by Fuentes are directly inspired by fans. The song "Bulls in the Bronx" from the album Collide with the Sky was written in honor of an Australian fan who committed suicide in April 2012. [15] [16] "I Don't Care If You Are Contagious", from the 2010 album Selfish Machines , was inspired by a female fan who contacted the band. She wrote that her boyfriend, whom she met for the first time during a Pierce the Veil concert, had died in a car accident. In response, Fuentes wrote the song as a "gift to her". [14]

Vocals

Vic Fuentes is well known for his high vocal range, which was compared to Claudio Sanchez from Coheed and Cambria by Elmar Salmutter, writing for the German Metal Hammer magazine. [17]

Equipment

Fuentes is known for his mainstay Gibson Explorer, with a finish reminiscent of the EVH 'Eruption' finish. Another notable guitar of Fuentes' is his 'Slimer' Taylor SB1-X, which he used in the King for a Day music video, and while touring in support of their 2012 album Collide with the Sky.

Recently, Fuentes has been using a white-on-white Fender Custom Shop Telecaster while performing Hold On Till May live, often giving a Squier look alike of it to a fan he brings up on stage to sing Lindsey Stamey's lines.

Personal life

In 2012, Fuentes met actress and model Danielle Victoria during the filming of the music video for "King for a Day". [18] The two began a relationship sometime in 2014 and became engaged in 2021. [19] The couple married on April 2 the following year. [20] [21] On September 13, 2022, Vic and Danielle announced that they were expecting their first child together. [22] They welcomed a daughter, Violet Valentine, on February 9, 2023. [23] [ better source needed ] [24]

Accolades

Discography

Before Today

Pierce the Veil

Isles & Glaciers

Guest appearances

YearSongAlbumArtist
2007"Higher Than Kites" (feat. Vic Fuentes)Demo Lower Definition [27]
2009"Aviation" (feat. Vic Fuentes)The City, the Circus EPMisdelphia [28]
2010"Love Is a Cat from Hell" (feat. Vic Fuentes) Illuminaudio Chiodos [29]
2012"Somebody That I Used to Know (Gotye Cover)" (feat. Vic Fuentes) Punk Goes Pop 5 Mayday Parade [30]
2013"A Love Like War" (feat. Vic Fuentes) Don't Panic All Time Low [31]
2014"Starving for Friends" (feat. Vic Fuentes) Through Art We Are All Equals Slaves [32]
"Sad News in a Quiet Room" (feat. Vic Fuentes)Wandermere EPKeyes [33]
2022"a kind thing to do" (feat. Vic Fuentes)worm food Cavetown
2023"Irish Goodbye" (feat. Vic Fuentes) Mono K.Flay

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References

  1. ↑ Ryan J. Downey: Alternative Press #296.1 (März 2013): Kings for a Day – Finally, S. 76: "Victor Fuentes Sr. still struggles with his painting business."
  2. ↑ Ryan J. Downey: Alternative Press #296.1 (März 2013): Kings for a Day – Finally, S. 79: "Vivian was a teen mum in Oklahoma. Debbie (54), David (52) and Frank (50) are all from her first marriage."
  3. ↑ Aaron: Decoy Music: Interview: Nick Martin (Isles & Glaciers / Underminded / Cinematic Sunrise) Archived September 25, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
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  5. ↑ Karen Cotton: Wyoming Tribune-Eagle : "Pierce the Veil" sings need and desire, S. 4: "I get my music influence from my dad, ... He was the one who taught me how to play the guitar in the beginning. He raised me on jazz and Spanish rock. That's where I first learned to play the guitar."
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  8. ↑ Ryan J. Downey: Alternative Press (Ausgabe 321.2): Cabin Fever Dream, S. 76: "That friend, Curtis Peoples, is one of the main songwriters credited with the smash single [King For A Day] from Collide with the Sky, and has been Vic's friend since kindergarten. ... When they were in high school, Peoples invited Vic to join his band, 3 Simple Words."
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  29. ↑ Love Is a Cat From Hell. Chiodos. March 4, 2015. Archived from the original on December 6, 2020. Retrieved August 29, 2021– via YouTube.
  30. ↑ Mayday Parade - "Somebody That I Used To Know" feat. Vic Fuentes (Punk Goes Pop 5). Fearless Records. October 15, 2012. Archived from the original on June 27, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021– via YouTube.
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