caveman drums
noun1
A percussion style suggestive of the imagined drumming of cavemen, characterised by heavy, straightforward rhythms.
- 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:
- 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: