[10] 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".

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.

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.

[16] 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.

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.

[16] 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.

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.