Bad Brains released the 1983 album Rock for Light, produced by Ric Ocasek.
The record was the band's second studio album and followed their influential self-titled cassette release. Ocasek, best known as the vocalist and guitarist of the Cars, produced the sessions, helping present Bad Brains' rapid hardcore and reggae material in a polished studio setting.
Rock for Light includes re-recorded versions of several songs from the band's earlier catalog, including “Big Takeover,” “Pay to Cum,” and “I.” It also contains reggae tracks, reflecting the group's longstanding connection between Jamaican music and Washington hardcore.
The album is sometimes confused with Bad Brains' 1986 record I Against I, which was also produced during a period when the band was expanding its sound. Rock for Light is specifically the 1983 release associated with Ric Ocasek's production.