They are seen by many critics as a foreshadowing (or a direct precursor) to the industrial music which surfaced in the 1970s.

"Interestingly," he said, looking up from the page, "the free balladic playing in it is the direct precursor to the next tune."

It is also commonly seen as a direct precursor of Românul.

The title was a much greater commercial success than its direct precursors, and its influence was profound.

It is a direct precursor to the Space Tourism Vehicle.

One story is a direct precursor to the next book he wrote.

If his vision narrowed any more, he knew it would be the direct precursor of a black-out.

D&D initially continued the use of miniatures in a fashion similar to its direct precursors.

Ragtime was an eclectic mix of styles and a direct precursor to jazz.

There's a nearly intact temple over on the southern continent that was built by some of my direct organic precursors.