Dave Shapiro, a groundbreaking music executive in the heavy metal and hard rock scene, has died in a San Diego plane crash.

Sound Talent Group co-founder and agent Dave Shapiro died in a plane crash in San Diego, Calif. on Thursday morning, per the ...

Shapiro, an advocate for indie musicians, had a pilot’s license and was listed as the owner of the Cessna 550 that crashed in ...

Parkway Drive, The Amity Affliction, and more have paid touching tributes to influential music agent Dave Shapiro. Shapiro, ...

Dave Shapiro, founder of music agency Sound Talent Group, was killed in a plane crash in San Diego on Thursday (May 22) ...

A groundbreaking alternative music executive. A photographer. Two young women just starting their careers in the music ...

Shapiro was one of the several who died in a San Diego plane crash in May 2025. Learn about the late talent agent here.

Shapiro, who co-founded music agency Sound Talent Group, was a well-known and respected figure in the rock and metal scene, ...

Dave Shapiro, co-founder of Sound Talent Group, and drummer Daniel Williams among six killed in San Diego plane crash, as the ...

The fiery crash occurred around 3:47 a.m. in the Murphy Canyon neighborhood, igniting cars and homes and injuring eight ...

Dave Shapiro, a groundbreaking music executive ... booking agent I ever worked with and he was a major part of my music career in my late teen years,” he said in a post on X.

Dave Shapiro, music agent and owner of Sound Talent Group (STG), was among those killed in a fiery plane crash in San Diego, ...