Coup de Grace is a postmortem release by punk / metal band The Plasmatics in 2002.

[2] During the spring of 1982, the Plasmatics were signed to Capitol Records and Dan Hartman offered to produce a demo of the album for Capitol with Rod at Electric Lady Studios, Jimi Hendrix's old studio, in NY.

Dieter Dierks, who had just come off a number one album with the Scorpions, also expressed interest in producing.

This rawer version of Coup d'Etat took less than a tenth of the time and a fraction of the budget of the original.

Many fans of the band have stated that this version is the one they prefer due to its rawness.