caveman drums

English

Noun

caveman drums pl (plural only)

  1. A percussion style suggestive of the imagined drumming of cavemen, characterised by heavy, straightforward rhythms.
    • 2006, Iain McIntyre, Tomorrow is Today: Australia in the Psychedelic Era, 1966-1970, Kent Town, SA: Wakefield Press, page 16:
      Cacophonous peals of squealing feedback, raspy guitar scratches, caveman drums and a violent rumbling bass.
    • 2017, David Luhrssen and Michael Larson, Encyclopedia of Classic Rock, Greenwood, page 1969:
      The primitive force of the guitar and caveman drums are as subtle as a punch to the solar plexus[.]
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