Celebrated music agent Dave Shapiro and former The Satan Wears Prada drummer Daniel Williams are amongst those that’ve died in a San Diego airplane crash.
The 2, alongside 4 others, had been flying in a small airplane that crashed in Southern California within the early hours of this morning (Might 23). Eight individuals on the bottom had been injured, with close by vehicles and houses within the neighbourhood of Murphy Canyon being “ignited”, per The Unbiased.
Although Shapiro, 42, and Williams, 39, are the one named fatalities to this point, no survivors from onboard the airplane have been discovered. It’s at present unclear what brought on the crash.
Shapiro was the co-founder of Sound Expertise Group, two staff of which had been additionally on the Cessna 550 flight. The corporate have represented Canadian pop-punks Sum 41, US pop group Hanson and a litany of metallic artists, together with Killswitch Have interaction, Zakk Wylde, In This Second, Tesseract, Detest, Malevolence, Lamb Of God, Amorphis, Leprous, Animals As Leaders and Beartooth.
Shapiro additionally based impartial label Velocity Information and was recognised as a rising determine within the music enterprise in Billboard’s “30 Underneath 30” record in 2012. A spokesperson confirmed the agent’s demise in a press release to Billboard.
“We’re devastated by the lack of our co-founder, colleagues and buddies,” mentioned Sound Expertise Group’s consultant. “Our hearts exit to their households and to everybody impacted by as we speak’s tragedy. Thanks a lot for respecting their privateness at the moment.”
Williams co-founded The Satan Wears Prada in 2005 and parted methods with the metalcore band in 2016. Following his departure, he stepped away from the music trade, taking jobs at GoPro and, as he introduced by way of X (previously Twitter) earlier this month, Apple.
Williams’ demise is but to be confirmed by authorities, however he was recognized as a sufferer within the crash by his father in a press release to TMZ. The ex-drummer posted pictures from the flight to his Instagram story.
The Satan Wears Prada have paid tribute to Williams on social media.