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Rock for Light

Index Rock for Light

Rock for Light is the second full-length album by hardcore punk pioneers Bad Brains, released in 1983. [1]

30 relations: Album, AllMusic, Bad Brains, Bad Brains (album), Banned in D.C., Boston, Caroline Records, Darryl Jenifer, Dr. Know (guitarist), Earl Hudson, Funk, H.R., Hardcore punk, Heavy metal music, I Against I, Kurt Cobain, Massachusetts, Passport Records, Pay to Cum, Reggae, Reissue, Ric Ocasek, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, Simon & Schuster, Soul music, Spin Alternative Record Guide, The Cars, The Rolling Stone Album Guide, The Village Voice, Vintage Books.

Album

An album is a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, audio tape or another medium.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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Bad Brains

Bad Brains is an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington, D.C., in 1977.

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Bad Brains (album)

Bad Brains (also known as The Yellow Tape or Attitude: The ROIR Sessions) is the debut studio album recorded by American hardcore punk/reggae band Bad Brains Recorded in 1981 and released on the cassette-only label ROIR on February 5, 1982, many fans refer to it as "The Yellow Tape" because of its yellow packaging, much in the way that the Beatles' self-titled record is often called "The White Album." Though Bad Brains had recorded the 16 song Black Dots album in 1979 and the 5-song Omega Sessions EP in 1980, the ROIR cassette was the band's first release of anything longer than a single.

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Banned in D.C.

Banned In D.C. is a compilation of hardcore punk and reggae songs by Bad Brains.

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Boston

Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Caroline Records

Caroline Records is an American record label that started as a subsidiary of Richard Branson's Virgin Records America during the early to mid-1970s.

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Darryl Jenifer

Darryl Jenifer (born October 22, 1960) is the bassist for the hardcore punk band Bad Brains and for the rap-rock group The White Mandingos.

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Dr. Know (guitarist)

Gary Miller (born September 15, 1958), better known by his stage name Dr.

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Earl Hudson

Earl Hudson (born December 17, 1957) is the drummer for Bad Brains, Born in Alabama, he is the younger brother of the band's lead singer H.R..

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Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when African American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B).

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H.R.

Paul D. Hudson (born 11 February 1956), better known by his stage name H.R. (Human Rights), is the British-American lead singer of the American hardcore punk band Bad Brains.

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Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk (often abbreviated to hardcore) is a punk rock music genre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s.

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Heavy metal music

Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom.

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I Against I

I Against I is the third studio album by the American hardcore punk band Bad Brains.

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Kurt Cobain

Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Passport Records

Passport Records was a U.S.-based independent record label that existed between 1973 and 1988.

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Pay to Cum

"Pay to Cum" (titled "Pay to Cum!" on the record cover) is the debut single by Washington, D.C.-based hardcore punk band Bad Brains.

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Reggae

Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s.

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Reissue

In the music industry, a reissue (also re-release, orepackage, or re-edition) is the release of an album or single which has been released at least once before, sometimes with alterations or additions.

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Ric Ocasek

Richard Theodore Otcasek (born March 23, 1944 or 1949) (sources differ) known as Ric Ocasek, is an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer.

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Sequential Circuits Prophet-5

The Prophet-5 is an analog synthesizer manufactured by Sequential Circuits between 1978 and 1984.

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Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster, Inc., a subsidiary of CBS Corporation, is an American publishing company founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard Simon and Max Schuster.

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Soul music

Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Spin Alternative Record Guide

Spin Alternative Record Guide is a music reference book compiled by the American music magazine Spin and published in 1995 by Vintage Books.

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The Cars

The Cars were an American rock band that emerged from the new wave scene in the late 1970s.

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The Rolling Stone Album Guide

The Rolling Stone Album Guide, previously known as The Rolling Stone Record Guide, is a book that contains professional music reviews written and edited by staff members from Rolling Stone magazine.

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The Village Voice

The Village Voice is an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly.

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Vintage Books

Vintage Books is a publishing imprint established in 1954 by Alfred A. Knopf.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_for_Light

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