Rock for Light
Studio album by Bad Brains
Released	1983
Genre	Punk, Hardcore Punk, Reggae
Length	42:04
Label	PVC Records (original), Caroline Records (reissue)
Producer(s)	Ric Ocasek
Professional reviews
Two Way Monologues.com All Music Guide: link
Bad Brains chronology
Live at CBGB's 1982 (1982)	Rock For Light (1983)	I Against I (1986)

Rock for Light is the second official full-length album from hardcore punk & reggae pioneers Bad Brains. It was produced by Ric Ocasek of The Cars. The 1996 reissue was remixed by Ocasek and bassist Daryl Jenifer. The reissued version features some extra tracks, but also an altered track order, significantly different mixes, and on most tracks, a speed increase of the master which results in a raising of the pitch by one-half step. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Punk Rock is an anti-establishment music movement that began about 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified by The Ramones,the Misfits, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock which originated in the United States of America in the late 1970s. ... { Reggae is a music genre developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... There existed at least two record labels named Caroline Records, one in the UK and one in the US. // Caroline Records (UK) Caroline Records was a subsidiary of Richard Bransons Virgin Records label during the early to mid 1970s. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes . ... Ric Ocasek (born Richard Otcasek on March 23, 1949, in Baltimore, Maryland) is the former vocalist and frontman for The Cars and a producer for several other groups, including Bad Brains and Suicide. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Live at CBGBs 1982 is a live album and DVD capturing hardcore punk/reggae group Bad Brains in concert at the historic New York City club CBGBs in December 1982. ... I Against I is an alternative rock album by Bad Brains, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music) as SST Records number 65. ... Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock which originated in the United States of America in the late 1970s. ... { Reggae is a music genre developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Ric Ocasek (born Richard Otcasek on March 23, 1949, in Baltimore, Maryland) is the former vocalist and frontman for The Cars and a producer for several other groups, including Bad Brains and Suicide. ... The Cars were a popular American New Wave band, fronted by Ric Ocasek, that emerged out of the early punk scene in the late 1970s. ... Darryl Jennifer is the bass guitarist for hardcore punk band Bad Brains. ...

The album contains a number of re-recorded songs from the band's self-titled debut album, released the previous year, as well as a number of new hardcore punk and reggae tracks. It would be the last Bad Brains album to exclusively feature only these two styles of music, as the band would eventually experiment with funk, soul, and heavy metal. Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock which originated in the United States of America in the late 1970s. ... { Reggae is a music genre developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Funk is an African American musical style. ... The soul, according to many religious and philosophical traditions, is a self-aware ethereal substance particular to a unique living being. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ...

It would be the band's last album for three years as the Bad Brains would break up after its release for the first of several times throughout their career. This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Kurt Cobain would often include this album in his "favorite albums" lists in his Journals. Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. ... Journals is a collection of writings and drawings done by Kurt Cobain, lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana, from the late 1980s until his death by apparent suicide in 1994. ...

The original mix is only available on the out-of-print PVC Records vinyl version, however, some of the original mixes appear on the recent Banned In D.C. compilation. Banned In D.C. is a compilation of hardcore punk and reggae songs by Bad Brains. ...

Track listing

Original

1. "Coptic Times"
2. "Attitude"
3. "We Will Not"
4. "Sailin' On"
5. "Rally 'Round Jah Throne"
6. "Right Brigade"
7. "F.V.K."
8. "Riot Squad"
9. "The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth"
10. "Joshua's Song"
11. "Banned in D.C."
12. "How Low Can a Punk Get?"
13. "Big Takeover"
14. "I and I Survive"
15. "Destroy Babylon"
16. "Rock for Light"
17. "At the Movies"

Remixed reissue

1. "Big Takeover" − 2:29
2. "Attitude" − 1:09
3. "Right Brigade" − 2:07
4. "Joshua's Song" − 0:32
5. "I and I Survive" − 5:13
6. "Banned in D.C." − 1:57
7. "Supertouch" − 2:20
8. "Destroy Babylon" − 1:19
9. "F.V.K. (Fearless Vampire Killers)" − 0:58
10. "The Meek" − 3:37
11. "I" − 1:55
12. "Coptic Times" − 2:06
13. "Sailin' On" − 1:45
14. "Rock for Light" − 1:36
15. "Rally Round Jah Throne" − 3:58
16. "At the Movies" − 2:16
17. "Riot Squad" − 1:59
18. "How Low Can a Punk Get?" − 1:49
19. "We Will Not" − 1:34
20. "Jam" − 1:15

Personnel

• H.R. - Vocals
• Dr. Know - Guitar, Backing Vocals
• Daryl Jenifer - Bass, Backing Vocals
• Earl Hudson - Drums, Backing Vocals