It's hard enough to make a good song and a good recording of that song. But to try to tailor it to some outside force is just like - It's never been a factor in what I've done or what the band's done.

Iha had lived in Manhattan since 2000 and has since moved to Brooklyn. Early life and background
Iha was born in Chicago Illinois. Also in 2007 the Smashing Pumpkins reunited without Iha and Billy Corgan has claimed at various times that this was because Iha had never expressed any interest in rejoining the group.

Iha currently lives in Manhattan. Bands on the Scratchie label include The Sounds Albert Hammond Jr.