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 | | The dark, brooding quality of Cherone's '80s-metal-screamer voice, and his humorless emotional delivery, which comes across as a severe kind of naïveté, are a perfect match for the pretensions of rock opera in general, and well suited to the character of Jesus of Nazareth. |
 | | That Cherone was able to appear deaf to the humorous implications of the role only heightened the message of the musical. |
 | | And inasmuch as he's both Eddie's and Alex's junior (Cherone's 36, Alex and Eddie are in their 40s), his impact on the band has been far greater than anyone might have predicted. |
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