Mike Fuentes

Mike has been in a number of relationships including Amor Hilton, Danky Frenchi and Melissa Marr. His current girlfriend is the model, Alysha Nett, whom he started dating in 2013.

Michael Christopher Fuentes was born on 14 December 1984 in San Diego, California, USA. His parents, Vivian and Victor Gamboa Fuentes are middle class American-Mexicans. His father was a former Jazz musician, who worked as a painter.

He was brought-up with his elder brother, Vic Fuentes. Both brothers studied at the Mission Bay High School from where he graduated in 2003. He also has two half-brothers and a half-sister. He is related to the musician, Nick Martin, who plays the guitar for the band ‘Sleeping With Sirens’.

Both the boys were influenced by their father and got interested in music. While Vic sang and learnt to play the guitar, Mike took up the drums. Soon they formed their own band called ‘Early Times’ and started performing at local venues in their hometown. After releasing three EPs, the band was renamed ‘Before Today’ due to copyright issues. As they grew up they founded the American hardcore rock band called ‘Pierce the Veil’ in 2006.

Mike Fuentes made his debut with an independent album with the band, ‘Before Today’ in 2004. The album titled ‘Celebration of an Ending’ was released after signing a contract with Equal Vision Records. However, the band got disbanded and he continued with his role as the drummer of their new band, ‘Pierce the Veil’.

While he played the drums and took care of the percussion, his brother Vic took on the mantle of lead vocal and played the rhythm guitar and keyboards. Tony Perry joined them as the lead guitarist while Jaime Preciado played the bass guitar and accompanied with backing vocals.

The brothers wrote songs together and released the album ‘Flair for the Dramatic’ under the label of ‘Equal Vision Records’ in June 2007. The following year he released the EP titled ‘The Hearts of Lonely People’ with the band, ‘Supergroup Isles & Glaciers’.

His band released their next album titled ‘Selfish Machines’ under ‘Equal Vision Records’ in 2010. The theme of the album is centred on the animal instinct in human beings. The album was a great success and reached the number one position on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. To support the album, the band played in a number of festivals and took part in the ‘Vans Wraped Tour’ of rock music in the USA.

In 2012, ‘Pierce the Veil’ went into a contract with ‘Fearless Records’ and released their album ‘Collide with the Sky’. They did their first tour of UK to coincide with the release of the album and appeared in the ‘Rock Sound’ magazine as the best album of the year.

Mike released his debut album ‘A Celebration of an Ending’ with the band ‘Before Today’ in 2004.

He has four albums with the band ‘Pierce the Veil’ titled ‘A Flair for the Dramatic’ (2007), ‘Selfish Machines’ (2010), ‘Collide with the Sky’ (2012) and ‘Misadventure’ (2016).

He also played the drums for the EP titled ‘The Hearts of Lonely People’ of the band ‘Supergroup Isles and Glaciers’.

In addition to his albums and EPs, Mike has released a number of hip-hop singles under the stage name of ‘MikeyWhiskeyHands’.