Former The Devil Wears Prada Drummer, Daniel Williams & Sound Talent Group Founder, Dave Shapiro Die in Tragic Plane Crash

Former drummer of The Devil Wears Prada, Daniel Williams, and Sound Talent Group, Dave Shapiro have tragically passed away in a plane crash accident that happened early this morning in San Diego, California.

Tributes have been pouring out towards friends and family for the former drummer and music agent since the news broke out. If many don’t know, Williams was a founding member for the Ohio band The Devil Wears Prada when it formed in 2005. WIlliams left the band in 2016 to pursue a career in software engineering in San Diego.

Dave Shapiro is also well known in the music industry as having represented bands like Sum 41, Lamb of God, Pierce the Veil, Parkway Drive, I Prevail and many more as founding member of Sound Talent Group. He previously worked for The Agency Group and United Talent Agency prior to launching Sound Talent Group with Tim Borror and Matt Andersen. He was also an avid aviation fan.

Earlier this year, STG had announced “Summer of Loud Tour”, a North American tour that is featuring bands Beartooth, I Prevail, Killswitch Engage, and Parkway Drive, who are all represented by the agency.

Both Shapiro and Williams were both at DWP festival Welcome to Rockville in Daytona, Florida this past weekend. Hours before the plane crash, Williams posted on social media that he was the copilot on the flight with Shaprio. The flight was coming in from the Midwest to San Diego before crashing into a small neighborhood in San Diego county. There is notice that others were on the small 8 person plane but no other names have been stated for privacy reasons.

Our condolences to the families of these two legends.

Update

Names of the other victims of the plane crash have been announced as Kendall Fortner and Emma Huke, both were booking assistants for Sound Talent Group. As well as Dominic Damian who was a long time friend of Shapiro and professional photographer Celina Kenyon.

As of today, the National Safety Transportation Board is still investigating the cause of the crash.

Our deepest condolences to the friends and family members to each of the victims of this tragedy. They will be remembered and honored.