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

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

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

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

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 and his band went from middle school talent shows in Bethlehem to the Vans Warped Tour. The music executive was ...

Pierce the Veil are a group Shapiro worked especially close with as their agent, manager and friend. He attended the band's ...

Groundbreaking music executive Dave Shapiro has died in a San Diego plane ... of certification issued by the U.S. “Although I have a career and don’t plan to change that I always want to ...

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.