Komety are a Polish alternative group. The trio's line-up: Leslaw (vocals, guitar, music and lyrics), Santiago (bass) and Miko (drums).
In October 2002, Przemyslaw Wojcieszek's film "Louder than Bombs" appeared in cinemas featuring Komety playing themselves and performing several of their songs. In March 2003, Jimmy Jazz records released Komety's début album. It's release took place at the same time in Western Europe and the USA. After hundreds of concerts and appearances on numerous television music shows, the group began working on a new album which they started recording in spring 2005.
In July 2005, the single "Miasto turystów" ("Tourist City") appeared to promote the group's second record. In August 2005 the album "Via Ardiente" appeared, as did singles containing the songs "Bezsenne noce" ("Sleepless Nights"), "To samo miejsce" ("The Same Place") and "Ostatnie lato XX wieku" ("The Last Summer of the 20th Century"). "Bezsenne noce" was voted the sixth best song of 2005 by listeners of Polish Radio 3's "Program Alternatywny" show.
In autumn 2005, Komety went on a concert tour of Poland which ended on 24th November 2005 with a live performance at the studios of Polish Radio 3. Compilations containing Komety's songs have appeared in the USA, France, Finland, Germany, Japan and Russia. An English-language version of "Via Ardiente" was released in February 2006.
Also in 2006, a compilation CD - "Komety 2004-2006", containing previously unreleased and rare material, was released.
In 2007 Komety released "Akcja v1", in two language versions - Polish and English, although some songs were performed in English only.
In the beginning of 2008, Mexican record company, Esquilo, released "The Story of Komety", containing their most important songs.
Recently, the official band's website informed, that Leslaw hired a new bassist, Santiago, replacing the previous bass player - Pablo.
Source: http://duck.fm/Komety/bio
