What is Modzilla?
John Schnall and Leila Haddad first met aboutten years ago during a staff meeting at WFMU. Both vying forhighly coveted air slots on the famed station, the two wereinstant enemies. After years of sparring and occasional lawsuits,they decided to bury the hatchet and collaborate on a film scorefor an independent filmmaker. Said
filmmaker was so pleased by the work of thismusical team, she hired them to compose two more films scores forABSOLUTELY no money! The two, weary of the financial burden ofthe pending lawsuits against one another, decided to cash in onthe previously recorded music by beefing it up with more songsand creating the fraudulent
soundtrack to a phantom film; Welcome To OurIsland, and the band was born. The story behind the name Modzillais a very well-guarded secret, so don't push your luck...