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was a Swedish rock band from Stockholm, that existed from 1983 to 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. 's sound was inspired by punk, rock and synthpop. Their lyrics were left-wing and anti-imperialist; songs like "C. C. Cowboys", "" (Always Red, Always Right), and "" (Where’s the Wolf?) were inspired by Russian Communist poet Mayakovsky. Mainly successful in Sweden and Scandinavia, also toured overseas, playing in the United States, Cuba, Central America and South America. In 1988, released their only English language album, called '. It featured translated versions of their old songs. The album had an intensive promotional European tour, but was only popular in Sweden. This put an end to plans for an international career. Their original name (meaning The Space Empire), was taken from the Star Wars movie ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980), Swedish title being '. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Imperiet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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