“Drum Machines.”
I played in a Country trio that used a drum machine for a while.
“Boop-a chicka,,,, Boop-a chicka!,,,,Boop-a-chicka,,Boop!”
Even the late great Link Wray dabbled with something that sounded like a drum-syth in the 1980s.
So many bad music trends that musicians are thankfully retreating from these days.