Jessica Anna Michalik (1986 - 26 January 2001 in Concord, New South Wales) was an Australian teenage girl from Dee Why in Sydney who died of asphyxiation five days after being crushed in a mosh pit during the 2001 Big Day Out music festival during a performance by nu metal band Limp Bizkit.
The Coroner's Court of New South Wales findings into her death criticised the crowd control measures in use at the time, and also criticised Limp Bizkit lead singer Fred Durst for "alarming and inflammatory" comments during the rescue effort.
Oddly enough, the band At the Drive-In had mocked the crowd earlier that day for moshing during their set. Cedric Bixler-Zavala, the band's lead singer, called the crowd "robots" and "sheep" and then baa'ed at them before leaving the stage around 10 minutes into their set.
The band Grinspoon performed at Jessica's funeral, and moments of silence have been held at subsequent Big Day Out festivals. Performers at the Big Day Out observe the "minute of noise" each year to honour her memory.
