Imperial State Electric

Imperial State Electric
Imperial State Electric at Sonisphere Stockholm 2010
Background information
Origin	, Sweden
Genres	Rock, garage rock, power pop, Hard rock
Years active	2009 - present
Labels	Psychout Records, Sound Pollution
Associated acts	The Hellacopters, Cold Ethyl, Entombed, The Datsuns, Death Breath, The Solution
Website	Official MySpace
Members	Nicke Andersson Dolf de Borst Tobias Egge Tomas Eriksson

Imperial State Electric is a Swedish rock band founded by former front man of The Hellacopters Nicke Andersson (vocals and guitar), Dolph de Borst (vocals, bass), Tobias Egge (vocals, guitar) and Tomas Eriksson (drums). The band released their self-titled album March 28, 2010.

After the break-up of The Hellacopters in 2008, Andersson started to work on a solo album, recording all instruments of eight songs by himself, however Andersson changed his mind and decided that it would be better to form a band. Andersson recruited Dolf de Borst, Tobias Egge and Tomas Eriksson, all of whom he had previously worked with in Cold Ethyl a cover band he formed shortly after the break-up of The Hellacopters. During the recording of the band's self-titled album Andersson also enlisted help from several old friends, including Dregen, Anders Lindström, Robert Pehrsson and Neil Leyton. While Andersson insists that Imperial State Electric is a band and not a solo career or a side project he also acknowledges the fact that the band might have a revolving line-up of members including himself on drums instead of guitar.