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| live =[[Self Destruct Tour]]<br>[[Wave Goodbye Tour]]}}'''"Big Man With A Gun"''' is the ninth track on ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]''.

'''"Big Man With A Gun"''' It is rumored that the sound effect at the beginning of the song is an adult film actress in the ninth track on ''[[throes of passion. The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]''sound was reportedly run through a program by Tommy Lee, who called the resulting sound "Steakhouse."

It is rumored that the sound effect at the beginning of the The song is an adult film actress in 's lyrics were also the throes subject of passioncontroversy when they were cited by conservatives William Bennett and C. The sound was reportedly run through a program by Tommy LeeDelores Tucker during their crusade against explicit lyrics in rap and hip-hop, who called the resulting sound "Steakhouseegregiously mislabeling [[Nine Inch Nails]] as one of these acts."

In the March 1996 issue of ''Spin Magazine'', [[Trent Reznor]] said the following about this song:<blockquote>"The record was nearing completion. I had written those lyrics pretty quickly and I didn't know if I was going to use them or not. To me, ''Downward Spiral'' builds to a certain degree of madness, then it changes. That would be the last stage of delirium. So the original point of "Big Man With A Gun" was madness. But it was also making fun of the whole misogynistic gangsta-rap bulls**t. ... I listen to a lot of it, and I enjoy it. But I could do without the the degree of misogny and hatred of women and abuse. Then, my song got misinterpreted as exactly that. It was probably a lack of being able to write. I've been taken out of context, and it's ridiculous."</blockquote>

"Big Man With A Gun" became a semi-frequent encore on the [[Self Destruct Tour]], and has had not been played live sinceuntil its appearance at the [[2009/08/23 New York, NY|Webster Hall]] performance with the rest of ''The Downward Spiral. '' Rehearsal and live footage of the song appear in brief on the leaked ''Closure'' DVD appendage.