Dave Shapiro, a groundbreaking music executive in the heavy metal and hard rock scene, has died in a San Diego plane crash.

Shapiro married his wife in 2016 in the small town of Talkeetna, Alaska. They picked up their ... little-known bands put their names on the map. “He would listen to any band you put in front ...

He was 42. Shapiro had a pilot’s license and was listed as the owner of the Cessna 550 that crashed, according to the ...