Jessica Michalik
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Jessica Anna Michalik (1986 - 26 January 2001 in Concord, New South Wales) was a teenage girl from Dee Why who died of asphyxiation five days after being crushed in a mosh pit during the Australia Day Big Day Out music festival. The coroner's 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.
Australian 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 honor her memory.
