Birth name: Martin Jens Larsson
The Radio Dept. was formed in 1995 by schoolmates Johan Duncanson and Elin Almered, but they soon stopped playing together. In 1998, Duncanson, the vocalist, restarted the group with Martin Carlberg (born Martin Larsson) on guitar and keyboards. In 2001, Martin’s then girlfriend Lisa Carlberg joined the band on bass.
The band got a big break when director Sofia Coppola put three of their songs on the soundtrack for her movie Marie Antoinette.
Lisa is no longer with the band after it was reconfigured to no longer need the bass. She and Martin are married now and he took her surname.