Sound Expertise Group co-founder and agent Dave Shapiro died in a aircraft crash in San Diego, Calif. on Thursday morning, per the Nationwide Unbiased Expertise Group (NITO).

A founding member of NITO, and a good agent within the heavy rock music scene, Shapiro, 42, was in a personal jet that crashed right into a group of U.S. Navy-owned housing in San Diego on early Thursday morning. In accordance with a current report from the Related Press, a complete two folks had been killed, destroying at the very least one house and quite a few parked vehicles.

In an announcement, a spokesperson for NITO commented, “We’re deeply saddened to study of the passing of Dave Shapiro and his two colleagues. Dave was a visionary within the music business and a founding accomplice of Sound Expertise Group.

His ardour, dedication, and unwavering assist for artists formed the careers of numerous musicians and helped elevate the stay music expertise for followers all over the world. As a founding member of NIT0, Dave was instrumental within the preliminary formation and funding of the group and assisted numerous of our friends efficiently navigate the pandemic shutdown of stay music.

Our sincerest condolences exit to Dave’s household, buddies, and everybody at STG. This can be a monumental loss to our group.”

Shapiro helped launch Sound Expertise Group in 2018 with Tim Borror and Matt Andersen following their time on the Company Group and United Expertise Company. His roster included Sum 41, Eve 6, Pierce the Veil, I Prevail, Set it Off, Silverstein, Parkway Drive and Story of the Yr. Shapiro additionally dealt with the label Velocity Data, whose roster has included Thursday and Craig Owens, to call a couple of.

Shaprio shared his ardour for flying on his private social media channels, with a bio describing him as an airplane/helicopter pilot and founding father of Velocity Aviation, which affords pilot instruction.

The variety of folks on the aircraft on the time of the crash stays unconfirmed however it’s speculated Daniel Williams, a former drummer for the metalcore band the Satan Wears Prada, additionally died within the crash. The group’s official social media channels posted a sequence of photographs of Williams, and within the caption, the group wrote, “No phrases. We owe you all the pieces. Love you eternally.”

Representatives for the Satan Wears Prada didn’t instantly return Selection‘s request for remark.