Jessica Michalik
Died	26 January, 2001 Sydney
Education	Cromer High
Occupation	Student

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 the rap metal band Limp Bizkit. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Concord is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Dee Why is both a suburb of Sydneys Northern Beaches and a beach within the suburb. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... Asphyxia is a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body. ... This article or section should be merged with mosh. ... The Big Day Out (BDO) is an annual music festival that tours Australia and New Zealand which originated in Sydney in 1992. ... Rap metal is a musical genre that takes influence from both rap music and heavy metal music. ... Limp Bizkit (alternately written as limpbizkit) is a nu metal and rapcore band from Jacksonville, Florida. ...

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. The name of Coroners Court is the generic name given to proceedings in which a Coroner holds an inquest or an inquiry in New South Wales. ... Fred Durst (born William Frederick Durst August 20, 1970, Jacksonville, Florida) is an American nu metal vocalist, best known as the front man of nu- metal pioneers, Limp Bizkit. ...

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. At the Drive-In was an American band from El Paso, Texas that existed from 1993 to 2001. ... Cedric Bixler-Zavala (born November 4, 1974 in Redwood City, California) is the lead singer and lyricist of The Mars Volta, and was previously the lead singer and lyricist of At the Drive-In. ...

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 honor her memory. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

References

• Comments by an event magager about Coronial Inquest Report (in pdf format)
• The Jessica Michalik Contemporary Music Endowment (in pdf format)
• A big thumbs up for troubled Big Day Out, Sydney Morning Herald, November 11, 2002
• Insurers sue over death, The Age, August 13, 2005
• Anna Cock, "Jessica's tragedy - Thoughtful girl with a passion for rock bands", 2 February 2001, The Daily Telegraph, Surry Hills (Sydney, Australia), pg 4.

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