The year was 1998. Ice Storms ravaged parts of North America as a result of El Nino. The Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge in Japan, linking Shikoku with Honshu and costing cost about US$3.8 billion, opened to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world. And in the bedroom of a grand Victorian mansion in the leafy suburb of Armadale in Melbourne's inner east, three young men in the prime of their lives started a band. Nick Sheard and David Hamilton Read more on Last.fm