Despite the rather Metal-looking logo, Grudge Records were anything but a True Metal Label at heart. Browsing their discography it seems that at least someone at the top may have had a taste for classic rock/Hard Rock, but the classic HM signings seem a bit haphazard. Many of them weren't even real bands, but more the sort of *Metalploitation* studio projects that the infamous Metal Enterprises used to hash out. That being said, there's also some absolute scorchers in their discography that no self-respecting Metalhead should live without, hence I had no hesitations about including Grudge Records in this index.

Some time in 1988-89 they got bought up by BMG and became more of an "anything-goes" kinda label. The most metallic release I've come across was a Jersey Dogs album, otherwise it's mostly mediocre hard rock (at best), aor, disco, pop, blues, even a movie sountrack or 3. I'm not going to waste my time with this part of their history and neither should you.