In 2003, the world was at war.
Not just in Iraq, though. There was also a battle being waged between the self-appointed custodians of "real music" and the invading forces of "fake music" personified by TV talent shows involving singers, judges and a ravenous voting public.
And, for some reason, there was also a war against bass players underway, with 2003 being the peak of a strange wave of bass-less rock duos.
