The band consists of Eccentronic Research Council duo Adrian Flanagan and Dean Honer, along with Fat White Family members Saul Adamczewski and Lias Kaci Saoudi.
The band was originally designed as a concept act for the Eccentronic Research Council's fifth album Johnny Rocket, Narcissist and Music Machine…I'm Your Biggest Fan, with the act's charismatic and otherworldly frontman Johnny Rocket being played by Saoudi.
During the process, Fat White Family members Saul Adamczewski and Lias Kaci Saoudi were brought on board to conceive of a fictional band for the album.
The results were a band called The Moonlandingz, led by the eponymous singer Johnny Rocket who would be voiced by Saoudi.
After the album was released in 2015, the four collaborators decided to continue their partnership and turn the Moonlandingz concept into an actual live band.