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 , Anders "Stry" Sjöholm and Gunnar "Gurra" Ljungstedt , all three originally from Ebba Grön. They were joined by Christian Falk and Per Hägglund . Stry left in 1984 and Gurra the following year. Gurra was replaced by Fred Asp on the drums. In 1987 Per Hägglund left and Imperiet disbanded in 1988.