caveman drums

noun

A percussion style suggestive of the imagined drumming of cavemen, characterised by heavy, straightforward rhythms.

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nouncaveman drums pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyA percussion style suggestive of the imagined drumming of cavemen, characterised by heavy, straightforward rhythms.

    The primitive force of the guitar and caveman drums are as subtle as a punch to the solar plexus[.]

    2017, David Luhrssen and Michael Larson, Encyclopedia of Classic Rock, Greenwood, page 1969
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    Cacophonous peals of squealing feedback, raspy guitar scratches, caveman drums and a violent rumbling bass.

    2006, Iain McIntyre, Tomorrow is Today: Australia in the Psychedelic Era, 1966-1970, Kent Town, SA: Wakefield Press, page 16
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