Imperiet
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' was a Swedish post-punk band that was founded in 1981 in Stockholm as Rymdimperiet'. In the spring of 1983, the band changed its name to Imperiet, and was then active until December 1988.
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' was a Swedish post-punk band that was founded in 1981 in Stockholm as Rymdimperiet'. In the spring of 1983, the band changed its name to Imperiet, and was then active until December 1988.
==History== started as , a side project to the Swedish punk band , and included three of its members. When broke up in 1983, re-emerged as ; with Joakim Thåström (lead vocals, guitar), Anders "Stry" Sjöholm (vocals, guitar) and Gunnar "Gurra" Ljungstedt (drums), all three originally from . They were joined by Christian Falk (bass) and Per Hägglund (sax, keyboards). Stry left in 1984 and Gurra the following year. Gurra was replaced by Fred Asp on the drums. In 1987 Per Hägglund left and disbanded in 1988.
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