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| BPM = 100| versions =Big Man With A Gun<br>Big Man With A Gun (''The Downward Spiral'' DE)| live =[[Self Destruct Tour]]<br>[[Wave Goodbye Tour]]}}'''"Big Man With A Gun"''' is the ninth track on ''[[The Downward Spiral and is the most violent song on the entire album, and arguably, in NIN(halo)|The Downward Spiral]]''s entire discography.

It is rumored In a 2024 article from ''Spin'' magazine, it was revealed that this track was recorded as an afterthought.[https://www.spin.com/2024/03/nine-inch-nails-the sound effect at the beginning of the -downward-spiral-turns-30/] 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 repotertedly run through a program by Delores Tucker during their crusade against explicit lyrics in rap and hip-hop, egregiously mislabeling [[Tommy LeeNine Inch Nails]], who called the resulting sound "Steakhouseas one of these acts."

===Meaning===On It is rumored that the surface, it appears to be about a man forcing someone sound effect at gunpoint to fellate him, but [[Trent Reznor]] has said that it's more the beginning of a commentary on the glorification song is an adult film actress in the throes of violence in mainstream rap music at passion. The sound was reportedly run through a program by Tommy Lee, who called the timeresulting sound "Steakhouse."

*Mixing engineers: [[Bill Kennedy]], [[Sean Beavan]]

This is the original version. Short, fast, violent, and energetic, this song contains many layers of different distorted guitar riffs, and features Reznor nearly speaking most of the lyrics with an equalizer filter on his voice. The drums before the final vocal refrain resemble the sound of semi-automatic gunshots.

===Big Man With A Gun (''The Downward Spiral 2004 re-releaseDE'')===In the 5.1 surround edition of the 2004 re-release of ''The Downward Spiral'', the scream [[samples|sample]] heard at the beginning is replaced with surreal and abstract voice samplesa lower-pitched, distant wail, which echo echoes around the speakers.

"Big Man With A Gun" has been was played live regularly on the [[Self Destruct Tour]] as the penultimate song of the main set. It had not been played live since then until its appearance at the [[2009/08/23 New York, NY|Webster Hall]] and [[2009/09/02 Los Angeles, CA|Hollywood Palladium]] full album performances of ''The Downward Spiral.'' Rehearsal and live footage of the song appear in brief on the leaked ''Closure'' DVD appendage.

I’ll I'll make you suck it Maybe I’ll I'll put a hole in your head

I’m I'm hard as fucking steel, and I’ve I've got the power I’m I'm every inch a man, and I’ll I'll show you somehow

I’m I'm going to come all over you