[3] Their first public appearance was in 1991 as a pit band for a Buster Keaton festival in their home town of Umeå.
[4] Forming as a quartet of schoolfriends, Komeda consisted of vocalist Lena Karlsson, guitarist (Lars) Henrik Andersson (Ray Wonder) (in 1994 replaced by Mattias Norlander from the band Blithe), bassist Marcus Holmberg and Holmberg's brother Jonas on drums.
Reluctant to move permanently to the US to pursue further success, and grieving from the loss of their parents, the band went into hiatus following 1998's What Makes It Go?
[3] During 2001 the band was reduced to a trio with the departure of Norlander as he left to work as a software engineer in Stockholm.
[8] Marcus Holmberg now lives in Stockholm and works on various music projects, including playing bass in the bands Woodlands[3] and Dewed .