Michael Christopher "Mike" Fuentes (born December 14, 1984) is an American musician, best known as the co-founder and former drummer for the post-hardcore band Pierce the Veil, which he co-founded alongside his older brother Vic Fuentes in 2006.
Fuentes was the percussionist of the supergroup Isles & Glaciers. He had more recently began a hip hop solo project under the stage name MikeyWhiskeyHands in which he raps on instrumentals produced by Pierce the Veil's bassist Jaime Preciado. Fuentes signed to Velocity Records in March 2012. Both brothers attended Mission Bay Senior High School. Mike graduated with the Class of 2003, where he was also voted "Most Likely To Be Famous" in the yearbook that year. He is currently engaged to Alysha Nett to be married October 2023.
Discography
Before Today
A Celebration of an Ending (2004)
Pierce the Veil
A Flair for the Dramatic (2007) Selfish Machines (2010) Collide with the Sky (2012) Misadventures (2016)
Isles and Glaciers
The Hearts of Lonely People EP – (2010)
MikeyWhiskeyHands! Singles "Money Matrz, Bitches Don't" "Straight Golden" with "The Saintz" "Tonight (Living the Life)" "Party with the Band" "This Ain't a Game" (featuring Jonny Craig (credited as Dr. Craig)) "$ex, Drugz and WhiskeyHands" (featuring Jonny Craig (credited as Dr. Craig) & Jaime Preciado (credited as The Architechhh)) Get Your Mind Right (2012), Velocity Records
Tours
The World Tour (Leg One): Featuring Sleeping With Sirens, Beartooth, This Wild Life. The World Tour (Leg Two): Featuring Sleeping With Sirens, Issues
Sexual misconduct allegations
In mid-November 2017 Fuentes was accused of statutory rape and soliciting nude photos via AOL Instant Messenger by a child. The incidents have alleged to occur over several years roughly a decade prior; the pair initiated contact on MySpace before meeting for the first time at a Pierce the Veil Concert at Chain Reaction club in Anaheim, California, when Fuentes was 24 and the child was a minor of 16. The child stated they had sex after meeting again at the Pomona concert stop during Warped Tour, however she admitted to hiding her real age from him in her allegations. The relationship was said to have lasted until she became an adult, turning 18.
Meanwhile a second woman accused him of sexual misconduct, specifically for requesting nude pictures from her when she was a minor. The 23-year-old opened up, first meeting Fuentes at Warped Tour 2008. Both exchanged mobile phone numbers and stayed in contact afterwards. When she turned 15, Fuentes requested nude photos from her.
The band replied to these accusations in mid December. On December 16, 2017, Fuentes responded to the allegations and stated that he is taking a break from Pierce the Veil. Vocalist and guitarist Vic Fuentes later clarified that Mike Fuentes had not been part of the band since 2017, and that he would not be featured on their next album.