At the beginning, the band consisted of musicians who had been fired from their previous bands:
Curt "Curre" Sandgren (former member of the band
Rolands Gosskör), Mårten Tolander, "Ostron" Åkerholm, and Björn Gullberg. in 1987, Coca Carola released a self-titled single, and after this Gullberg left the band. For a short time, Putte Strand joined the band as a guitarist. He was replaced by Conny Melkersson, who had played with Sandgren in the band
Rolands Gosskör. In 1988, Coca Carola, together with the band
23 Till, recorded their first LP titled
Anabola melodier. Coca Carola was responsible for the first half of the album. In early 1996, Coca Carola released their third album,
Dagar kommer. For the band's 10th anniversary later that year, the collection
...fem år till moped was released. This album contained several new songs, as well as older rare tracks. In 1997, the band took a hiatus, but returned in 1998 with a new album
Så fel som bara vi kan ha. In 2000, their fifth studio album was recorded and released,
Feber. In 2004, Coca Carola released their most recent album
Kryp din Jävel and played their final gig at
Fregatten in
Åkersberga. In 2012, Coca Carola reunited for a gig at the festival
Peace & Love in Borlänge and for an unpublicized concert at
Kafé 44 in Stockholm. The following year, they played with
Charta 77 and
Johan Johansson, among others, at an event in Stockholm; this performance was dedicated to the Peace & Love festival, which had gone bankrupt. In 2023, Coca Carola started to play again regularly. Their reunion concert took place at
The Public in their hometown of
Åkersberga in January 2023. In February 2023, the band participated in "Ögir will arise" at Frimis in
Örebro, a benefit to support the rebuilding of
Per Granberg's music bar Ögir, which burned down in 2022. Coca Carola's next gig in August 2023 was even larger: at
Gröna Lund. This performance included Jonas Mellberg was a guest artist. In 2024, Coca Carola have committed to a benefit concert for guitarist Micke Blomquist, organized by
Asta Kask. 7th of September 2025 the band informed the fans that drummer and founding member Mårten Tolander had died, and that he before his death he had found a replacement drummer, David Persson. In November 2025 their new album "När sen är försent" was released, their first one since 2004. ==Band members==