Imperiet was a Swedish post-punk band that was founded in 1981 in Stockholm as Rymdimperiet.
[3] Imperiet started as Rymdimperiet, a side project to the Swedish punk band Ebba Grön, and included three of its members.
When Ebba Grön broke up in 1983, Rymdimperiet re-emerged as Imperiet; with Joakim Thåström (lead vocals, guitar), Anders "Stry" Sjöholm (vocals, guitar) and Gunnar "Gurra" Ljungstedt (drums), all three originally from Ebba Grön.
They were joined by Christian Falk (bass) and Per Hägglund (sax, keyboards).
Their lyrics were left-wing and anti-imperialist; songs like "C. C. Cowboys", "Alltid rött, alltid rätt" (Always Red, Always Right), and "Var e vargen" (Where's the wolf) were inspired by Russian Communist poet Mayakovsky.