"Piggy" is a song by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, and the second track of The Downward Spiral (1994). It was written by Trent Reznor, co-produced by Flood, and recorded in "Le Pig" (10050 Cielo Drive). The song is well known for being Reznor's only live drumming performance. Reznor wrote the song after Broken (1992) was completed. It was initially a poem which he expanded into a full song. He later moved to a house famous for its status as the site of the gruesome Tate murders, on July 4, 1992, and created a studio space there, calling it "Le Pig." When asked about the building where production on the song was done, Reznor responded that he chose it merely for space considerations, claiming not to have been aware of the house's connection to the murders until after he chose it. "I looked at a lot of places," Reznor said. "And this just happened to be the one I liked most." The studio name, "Le Pig" alludes to the word "PIG" written with Tate's blood on the front door ...