As far as I’m concerned few guitarist have used feedback in such a creative way in punk as David Hill of Texas Non Compos Mentis. I have a hard time choosing a fave here. While Ultimate Orgasm just hits you in the face as the obvious hit Twist The Blades tasteful contrast between the calm verse and the catchy chorus is just as hard to resist.
Their second single is not as good as this but not as bad as it’s reputation and deserves a post later on. If we’re talking THE best song by N.C.M. nothing beats the furious Six Feet Under included on the Sacred Cattle compilation. Check it out and listen to the instant drive of the bass drum! Who needs double bass drums ha ha.
Here’s Break My Face clearing some things up:
http://www.breakmyface.com/ine/ncm.html
Country: USA
Year: 1980
Label: VVV
Format: 7″
Songs:
Ultimate Orgasm.mp3
Twist The Blade.mp3
Non Compos Mentis(N.C.M.) – Ultimate Orgasm 7″
” The title song is one of the best songs ever written, hardcore or otherwise. Also, from that same year (1980) and also from Texas – but this time from the oft-neglected Dallas scene — isNon Compos Mentis (sometimes just NCM), whose “Ultimate Orgasm” 45/7″ is available as an mp3 rip here at the KBD Records music blog.“Ultimate Orgasm” is an especially fine slice of Dallas punk from the early days — in fact, an extraordinarily clever song that isn’t quite about what you think it would be, despite the misleading title and lyrics. And catchy as hell. If the
Forgotten to tell you that Erich at Good Bad have posted this too a long time ago:
http://www.goodbadmusic.com
This 7″ is an american classic, one of the favorites that I’ve managed to add to my collection
Definitely one of the bright spots of anything to come out of the Dallas punk scene (along with Bobby Soxx and Stickmen with Rayguns). What I like about this song is that if you listen to the lyrics they’re not really about what you might think they are, and are in fact about something much darker. (Suicide.)
Or that’s my take, in any event. Clever stuff.
indeed, my favorite song about suicide as well. Hey oliver, when is a new episode of radio schizo gonna go up
Yeah the cover tells it all. Oliver a link to Cult Punk coming up!
Beautiful
One of my all time faves…although, I seem to say that about all my records….ha! Incredible, especially when I feel suicidal.
Twist the blade!!!!! get’s so trippy at the end.
At first glance, I had your guys mixed up with these guys:
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=36678
But, the date was the biggest clue, not to mention the metallers I was thinking of dropped ‘Mentis’ from there name after their first release.
“Their second single is not as good as this but not as bad as it’s reputation and deserves a post later on.” – Funny, fact is, there is a post of yours in this blog with that! Btw there is a link there to Eric from SILT, who had a NCM post with this very single and a coupla comp tracks (the downloads there in SILT are still active, or at least they were last week).
Ha ha how could I forgot.
Once you hear it, it’s hard to get out of your head!
Just for the record: “Ultimate Orgasm” appeared already in one of those “Back to Front” CDs, if I remember correctly published by Incognito Records.
Good call, “Drunk and Armed”…good call.
I played my copy for my kid, he said who is the cover girl…I had to tell him. Terri Jo..She was the hottest…Went to school with her she was rock & roll.Her roommate in school died of cancer. I heard she got right and got married with children…
Hi if you ever see this Terri Jo im in south Texas still.
Terry is married with kids and lives in Farmington ,N.M. she is still alive and well .E-mail me and I can send you her E-Mail addy. Erin aka (LOIS LANE)former screecher for (S.G.).
Whatever happened to Dave Hill?
Tuesday Jan 13, 2008 at 4:30 David peacefully slipped away in the moonlight with a look on his face like he saw something beautiful on the other side. It was as if wherever he was at the front door of a club where he could hear Ronny Lane playing inside and see Jimi Hendrix standing at the front door handing out “Coodercaster” guitars to jam with the band, all the while George Harrison stamped hands signifying that everyone was able utilize the open bar.
His art is on display at JohnMillerGallery.com he painted under name.
Dave Hill (singer, guitarist) passed away on January 13, 2009 from liver cancer. Here’s the story:
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2009/01/ncms_david_hill_died_this_morn.php
hey you guys
check out great irish band the alturos doing a great cover of NCMs classic cut ‘ i used to know you’ – its awesome !!!!
great post,i love all their stuff,a lovely psychopunky drive… nothing in the vault?
NCM was intense! dave played better than most even when he was out of it. he kept playing even if he was crashing over. riding his guitar on top of out of control feedback he kept his cool all the while you thought the spazzship was about to take-off. pounding drums from the dolph crisco along with bottom and an aloof aura from the aryan. what a trio. btw i disagree with your critique of other NCM singles. this shit held up then and it holds up know. turn it up and piss off!
[...] NCM (NON COMPOS MENTIS) | Although their discography comprises all of two seven-inch singles and a posthumous compilation track, Dallas’s NCM are one of Texas punk’s most notorious deathdealers. The 1980 “Ultimate Orgasm”/“Twist the Blade” single is a sick amalgam of bubblegum catchiness, breakneck punk, and sheer noise. [...]