Dave Shapiro, who represented such bands as Sum 41, Lamb of God, Pierce the Veil, Opeth, Parkway Drive, Constructed to Spill, I Prevail, Clutch, GWAR, and extra as proprietor of Sound Expertise Group, died in a airplane crash in San Diego on Thursday morning (Might twenty second).
Two different Sound Expertise Group staff and different people, all of whom haven’t been publicly recognized but, have been additionally killed when the 1985 Cessna Quotation plane crashed at roughly 4 a.m. within the Tierrasanta neighborhood, experiences Billboard.
“We’re devastated by the lack of our co-founder, colleagues and buddies,” stated a spokesperson for Sound Expertise Group. “Our hearts exit to their households and to everybody impacted by immediately’s tragedy. Thanks a lot for respecting their privateness presently.”
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Shapiro beforehand labored at The Company Group and United Expertise Company earlier than launching Sound Expertise Group with Tim Borror and Matt Andersen.
Billboard notes that Shapiro was an skilled pilot, and owned the corporate Velocity Aviation, the place he additionally served as a flight teacher.
Along with the aforementioned bands, Sound Expertise Group additionally represents such acts as Animals as Leaders, Beartooth, Between the Buried and Me, Black Veil Brides, Corrosion of Conformity, Devin Townsend, Down, Helmet, Sizzling Water Music, In This Second, Killswitch Have interaction, Story of the 12 months, Zakk Wylde, and dozens extra.
Earlier this 12 months, Sound Expertise Group introduced the “Summer time of Loud Tour,” a North American metalcore bundle that includes Beartooth, I Prevail, Killswitch Have interaction, and Parkway Drive that’s set to kick off June twenty second.
Our condolences exit to the households and buddies of Dave Shapiro and the opposite victims of this airplane crash. A video that includes Shapiro when he labored at The Company Group might be seen beneath.