Aircraft crash claims live from heavy metal music exec and metal drummer

Dave Shapiro, music director in the heavy metal and hard rock scene, and drummer Daniel Williams were killed under the plane crash of San Diego.

Six people, including Shapiro and Williams, were on board the aircraft when it fell into a neighborhood of the US marine lesson in San Diego early Thursday morning. It is not assumed that there are any survivors.

Williams, former drummer of the Metal band The Devil Wears Prada, posted on his Instagram on Wednesday afternoon that he got on the plane with Shapiro. The band posted a homage to Williams on their Instagram page.

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“No words. We owe everything to you. Love yourself forever,” wrote the band.

Shapiro had a pilot license and, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, was listed as the owner of the aircraft. Together with two employees, he was among the six people who were killed in the crash and confirmed the music agency of the music agency on Thursday.

“We are destroyed by the loss of our co -founder, colleagues and friends.

– Sound talent group

“We are destroyed by the loss of our co -founder, colleagues and friends. Our hearts go to their families and to everyone who is affected by today's tragedy,” wrote the music agency, which he co -founded, Sound Talent Group.

Shapiro was co-founded with Tim Borror and Matt Andersen with the Sound Talent Group in 2018. The agency represented a diverse list of artists, including Pierce The Veil, Parkway Drive, Sum 41 and Vanessa Carlton.

Shapiro was a strong lawyer for independent musicians and co -founders of the National Independent Talent Organization. He was included in the list of Billboard 2012 “30 Under 30”, on which rising stars in entertainment were recognized. According to industry veterans, Shapiro paved the way for the formation of other independent agencies and helped many alternative ribbons to find the audience in the mainstream.

Tribute flocked from the entire music industry, with many Shapiro's commitment to artists and his real character praised.

Sum 41 singer Deryck Whibley displaced Shapiro that he rebuilt in her career at a “low”.

“His opinion was so important to me,” said Whibyy. “He was the guy that I would go for advice.”

Nate Blasdell, former lead guitarist of the band that I set on fire, said he was “absolutely broken”.

“Dave was the first booking agent that I have ever worked with, and he was an important part of my music career in my late teenage years,” he said in a post about X.

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“He was really the best in the game and one of the most respected people in the industry.”

In addition to his work in the music industry, Shapiro was a passionate plane. He owned Velocity Aviation, a flight school that offered lessons in San Diego and Homer, Alaska.

The small plane crashed in a big one San Diego Military neighborhood Thursday morning. Eight people in the neighborhood were injured, but nobody died.

The plane, a Cessna 550 Citation Business Jetcrashed around 3:45 a.m. in the Murphy Canyon district, Full several houses and cars in flames.

The flight was created in Teterboro, New Jersey. After holding in Wichita, Kansas, it seemed to have been integrated according to Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport.

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The houses were swallowed up on flames, and jet fuel rolled down the streets when half a dozen vehicles ignited, while the residents in the neighborhood of the US Navy Home were shaken up wake up shortly before 4 a.m. by the thundering crash and subsequent explosions. They saw a fire wall from the windows.

“I cannot give words to describe what the scene looks like, but with the Jet tritle that goes down the street and everything at once, it was quite terrible to see,” said San Diego, Scott Wahl, according to Associated Press.

Nobody in the neighborhood died, but eight were taken to the hospital due to smoke inhalation and injuries that were not life -threatening, including a person who was injured from a window, said police officer Anthony Carrasco.

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Michael Dorgan, Alexandra Koch and the Associated Press from Fox News Digital have contributed to this report.