The alternative music scene mourns the loss of industry leaders Dave Shapiro and Daniel Williams, who died in a San Diego plane crash. Shapiro, co-founder of Sound Talent Group, was pivotal in advancing subcultures like metalcore.

The team at EPIC Event Center in Green Bay is mourning the loss of two key figures in the music world, Dave Shapiro and Daniel Williams, following a tragic plane crash in San Diego. In a heartfelt Facebook post,

Dave Shapiro, a respected music agent, entrepreneur, and licensed pilot whose influence spanned multiple industries, died Thursday in a tragic plane crash near San Diego that claimed the lives of several others.

Pierce the Veil are a group Shapiro worked especially close with as their agent, manager and friend. He attended the band's sold-out show this past Tuesday at New York City's Madison Square Garden, and flew out of New Jersey's Teterboro Airport the following night to head back home.

A San Diego County-based music agency lost three employees in the jet crash, including co-founder Dave Shapiro and Emma Huke, a booking associate. Music photographer Celina Marie Rose Kenyon was also killed.