Post by Steve on Feb 17, 2022 12:33:23 GMT
Victor Vincent Fuentes (10 February 1983)
Associated Acts: Before Today (1998 - 2006), Pierce the Veil (2006 - Present), Isles & Glaciers (2008 - 2010)
Vocal Range: A2 - A5
Significant High Notes:
A5 ("Beat It")
G♯5 ("Beat It", "I'd Rather Die Than Be Famous")
F5 ("Bulletproof Love", "I'd Rather Die Than Be Famous")
E5 ("A Match Into Water", "Bulls in the Bronx", "The Cheap Bouquet", "Drella", "Failure Is Relative", "I Don't Care If You're Contagious", "Million Dollar Houses (The Painter)", "One Hundred Sleepless Nights", "Pierce the Veil", "She Sings in the Morning", "Stay Away from My Friends", "Tangled in the Great Escape", "Today I Saw the Whole World", "Yeah Boy and Doll Face")
E♭5 ("Bulletproof Love", "May These Noises Startle You in Your Sleep Tonight", "The New National Anthem", "Phantom Power and Ludicrous Speed", "Shallow Pockets", "Sight to Fame", "The Sky Under the Sea", "Staring at Backgrounds")
D5 ("Besitos", "The Boy Who Could Fly", "The Cheap Bouquet", "Circles", "Currents Convulsive", "Diamonds and Why Men Buy Them", "Dive In", "Drella", "Enlarge Your Hearts", "Fast Times at Clairemont High", "The First Punch", "Hell Above", "I Don't Care If You're Contagious", "I'm Low on Gas and You Need a Jacket", "Just the Way You Are", "King for a Day", "Love Is a Cat from Hell", "Million Dollar Houses (The Painter)", "The New National Anthem", "One Hundred Sleepless Nights", "Pierce the Veil", "The Process of Losing and Gaining", "Props and Mayhem", "Sambuka", "Shallow Pockets", "Stay Away from My Friends", "Tangled in the Great Escape", "Today I Saw the Whole World", "The Well of Tradition")
C♯5 ("A Match Into Water", "Aviation", "Beat It", "Bedless", "Besitos", "Bulletproof Love", "Bulls in the Bronx", "Caraphernelia", "Chemical Kids and Mechanical Brides", "Circles", "Currents Convulsive", "Disasterology", "Dive In", "The Divine Zero", "Fast Times at Clairemont High", "The First Punch", "Gold Medal Ribbon", "Hell Above", "Hills Like White Elephants", "I Don't Care If You're Contagious", "I'd Rather Die Than Be Famous", "King for a Day", "May These Noises Startle You in Your Sleep Tonight", "One Hundred Sleepless Nights", "Phantom Power and Ludicrous Speed", "Roots Beneath Ideals", "Sad News in a Quiet Room", "She Sings in the Morning", "The Sky Under the Sea", "Staring at Backgrounds", "Stay Away from My Friends", "Texas Is Forever", "Today I Saw the Whole World", "Wonderless", "Yeah Boy and Doll Face")
C5 ("A Love Like War", "The Balcony Scene", "Beat It", "The Boy Who Could Fly", "Cemetery Weather", "The Cheap Bouquet", "Chemical Kids and Mechanical Brides", "Clush", "Drella", "Empty Sighs and Wine", "Enlarge Your Hearts", "Failure Is Relative", "Hold on Till May", "I'd Rather Die Than Be Famous", "Just the Way You Are", "Love Is a Cat From Hell", "Million Dollar Houses (The Painter)", "The New National Anthem", "Pierce the Veil", "The Process of Losing and Gaining", "Props and Mayhem", "Sambuka", "Shallow Pockets", "Song for Isabelle", "Starving for Friends", "Tangled in the Great Escape", "The Well of Tradition")
B4 ("A Match Into Water", "Besitos", "The Boy Who Could Fly", "Bulls in the Bronx", "Caraphernelia", "Circles", "Clush", "Currents Convulsive", "Diamonds and Why Men Buy Them", "Disasterology", "Dive In", "The Divine Zero", "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", "Empty Sighs and Wine", "Failure Is Relative", "Falling Asleep on a Stranger", "Fast Times at Clairemont High", "The First Punch", "Floral & Fading", "Gold Medal Ribbon", "Hell Above", "Hills Like White Elephants", "I'm Low on Gas and You Need a Jacket", "King for a Day", "May These Noises Startle You in Your Sleep Tonight", "One Hundred Sleepless Nights", "Phantom Power and Ludicrous Speed", "The Process of Losing and Gaining", "Props and Mayhem", "Roots Beneath Ideals", "Sambuka", "Shallow Pockets", "She Makes Dirty Words Sound Pretty", "She Sings in the Morning", "Sight to Fame", "Southern Constellations", "The Sky Under the Sea", "Stained Glass Eyes and Colorful Tears", "Staring at Backgrounds", "Starving for Friends", "Stay Away from My Friends", "Tangled in the Great Escape", "Texas Is Forever", "Today I Saw the Whole World", "Viola Lion", "Wonderless", "Yeah Boy and Doll Face")
B♭4 ("A Love Like War", "Beat It", "Bedless", "Caraphernelia", "The Cheap Bouquet", "Chemical Kids and Mechanical Brides", "Drella", "Gold Medal Ribbon", "Hold on Till May", "I'd Rather Die Than Be Famous", "Issues" Live for Billboard 2017, "Just the Way You Are", "Love Is a Cat From Hell", "Million Dollar Houses (The Painter)", "The New National Anthem", "Pierce the Veil", "Sad News in a Quiet Room", "The Sadness Will Never End" Live at The Hi-Fi 2013, "Somebody That I Used to Know", "Song for Isabelle", "Today I Saw the Whole World", "The Well of Tradition")
A4 ("A Match Into Water", "Aviation", "The Balcony Scene", "Black Hole Sun" Live at the Alternative Press Awards 2017, "Cemetery Weather", "The Cheap Bouquet", "Circles", "Clush", "Diamonds and Why Men Buy Them", "The Divine Zero", "Drella", "Empty Sighs and Wine", "Enlarge Your Hearts", "Failure Is Relative", "Falling Asleep on a Stranger", "Fast Times at Clairemont High", "Floral & Fading", "Hills Like White Elephants", "I'm Low on Gas and You Need a Jacket", "Just the Way You Are", "King for a Day", "Kissing in Cars", "May These Noises Startle You in Your Sleep Tonight", "Million Dollar Houses (The Painter)", "The Process of Losing and Gaining", "Props and Mayhem", "Roots Beneath Ideals", "She Sings in the Morning", "Southern Constellations", "Stained Glass Eyes and Colorful Tears", "Staring at Backgrounds", "Starving for Friends", "Texas Is Forever", "Viola Lion", "The Well of Tradition", "Wonderless", "Yeah Boy and Doll Face")
G♯4 ("A Love Like War", "A Match Into Water", "Beat It", "Bedless", "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", "Issues" Live for Billboard 2017, "Sad News in a Quiet Room", "The Sadness Will Never End" Live at The Hi-Fi 2013, "She Makes Dirty Words Sound Pretty", "Somebody That I Used to Know", "Song for Isabelle", "Staring at Backgrounds")
Significant Low Notes:
F♯3 ("A Match Into Water", "Circles", "Currents Convulsive", "Dive In", "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", "The First Punch", "Floral & Fading", "Gold Medal Ribbon", "Phantom Power and Ludicrous Speed", "Sad News in a Quiet Room", "Stay Away from My Friends")
F3 ("Chemical Kids and Mechanical Brides", "Issues" Live for Billboard 2017, "Just the Way You Are", "Today I Saw the Whole World" Acoustic)
E3 ("A Match Into Water", "Besitos", "Black Hole Sun" Live at the Alternative Press Awards 2017, "Hills Like White Elephants", "I'm Low on Gas and You Need a Jacket" Alternate version, "Kissing in Cars", "Phantom Power and Ludicrous Speed", "Southern Constellations")
E♭3 ("Gold Medal Ribbon", "Hold on Till May", "Song for Isabelle")
D3 ("Black Hole Sun" Live at the Alternative Press Awards 2017, "Circles", "Floral & Fading", "I'm Low on Gas and You Need a Jacket" Alternate version, "Kissing in Cars", "Props and Mayhem", "Shallow Pockets", "Today I Saw the Whole World" Acoustic)
C♯3 ("Floral & Fading" Acoustic, "I'm Low on Gas and You Need a Jacket" Live on Hot Sessions 2013, "Tangled in the Great Escape")
C3 ("Fast Times at Clairemont High")
B2 ("A Match Into Water")
B♭2 ("(Don't Fear) The Reaper", "Hold on Till May" Acoustic)
A2 ("A Match Into Water", "Stay Away from My Friends")
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Blue marks falsetto notes.
Underlines mark notes obscured in the mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Bold marks particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
Green marks distorted/screamed notes.
Summary:
Vic Fuentes is most well known as the lead vocalist and one of two guitarists in the band Pierce the Veil, one of the best known acts in the post-hardcore and emo scenes. While at high school he played in his first band, 3 Simple Words, a group that would be succeeded by Early Times, a band formed in 1998 who would later change their name to Before Today for legal reasons. In 2004 they released their only album, A Celebration of an Ending. Two years later they broke up, and Pierce the Veil was formed the same year by Vic and his brother Mike. They would go on to record their first album A Flair for the Dramatic as a duo and then bring in bassist Jaime Preciado and guitarist Tony Perry. A few albums later as a quartet, and they are arguably one of the most popular post-hardcore bands of the scene.
Vic uses his high range prominently throughout his discography, most often going up to around the lowest reaches of the fifth octave in chest, with "clean" chest notes above that being very rare. The majority of the time when he goes any higher into the fifth octave, it will be when he is using a heavy amount of distortion, though such notes are still somewhat rare, just somewhat more common than him singing in "clean" chest up that high. He also has shown a pleasant, albeit rarely heard, falsetto register. His lower range is, while plenty strong enough for his placement, severely underused. Notes down to around D3 are rare enough, with anything below that being extremely scarce. Pierce the Veil have had a clear, lasting impact on the post-hardcore and emo scenes, and have influenced many since their formation. They are a formidable musical presence that will hopefully be felt for a long while to come.
{Discography}Before Today:
A Celebration of an Ending (2004): D3 - D5 - E5
Pierce The Veil:
A Flair for the Dramatic (2007): F3 - D5 - E5 - F5 - G♯5
Selfish Machines (2010): A2 - C3 - E3 - F5
Collide With the Sky (2012): A2 - D3 - E5
Misadventures (2016): D3 - E♭5 - E5
A Celebration of an Ending (2004): D3 - D5 - E5
Pierce The Veil:
A Flair for the Dramatic (2007): F3 - D5 - E5 - F5 - G♯5
Selfish Machines (2010): A2 - C3 - E3 - F5
Collide With the Sky (2012): A2 - D3 - E5
Misadventures (2016): D3 - E♭5 - E5
{Questionable Notes}A5 ("Besitos" [1], "Enlarge Your Hearts" [2][5])
B2 ("Drella" [2][3])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to the singer in question.
[3] marks notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
B2 ("Drella" [2][3])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to the singer in question.
[3] marks notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
{Credits}Photo by Kelly Mason
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