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[[Image:LePigExterior.jpg|thumb|Le Pig exterior, taken from the "[[Gave Up#Music_Videos|Gave Up]]" performance music video.]]
[[Image:Lepiginterior.jpg|thumb|Le Pig interior]]
'''Le Pig''' (also known as '''Pig''') was a home recording studio located at 10050 Cielo Drive in Beverly Hills, California, occupied by [[Nine Inch Nails]] from 1992-1993. The home was the site of the infamous Manson Family-Tate murders in 1969. The studio name is in reference to the word "Pig" being scrawled in Tate's blood on the front door by the murderers.
''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'', part of ''[[Broken]]'', the [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music video]] for "[[Gave Up]]", and part of ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]'' by [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] were recorded at this location. Soon after Reznor left, the house was demolished in 1994, and a mansion was built in its place.
An article from ''Sound On Sound''[https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-nine-inch-nails-closer] gave a list of gear used at this studio:
<blockquote>The studio was equipped with a 56-input Amek Mozart console with Rupert Neve modules, two Studer A800 Mk3 multitrack machines, Mac-based Pro Tools and a host of outboard gear, in addition to Akai S1100 and Kurzweil K2000 samplers; Prophet VS, Digidesign Turbosynth, ARP Odyssey, Oberheim Expander, Oberheim OBMx, Roland MKS80 and Minimoog synthesizers; Doepfer and Oberheim sequencers; a Mellotron MKIV polyphonic tape replay keyboard; a Roland R70 drum machine; and assorted Jackson and Gibson guitars.</blockquote>
[[Trent Reznor]] was queried by the media numerous times over the years about his choice to live and record in the house. In a 2017 interview with ''Vulture'' magazine[https://www.vulture.com/2017/07/trent-reznor-nine-inch-nails.html], he stated: