Staffan Österlind

Staffan Österlind (born 10 March 1973) is a Swedish musician, guitarist and music producer best known for being a guitarist with Paul Di'Anno (the vocalist of Iron Maiden) across South America, Europe, and Asia and producing Paul Di'Anno's cover of Kashmir. He played the guitar with Tuff and Black Robot in the US and with the Danish rock band Supercharger across Europe. Österlind also produced two of Erika Wagenius albums, Close Quarters album Always A Lot Never Little and The Soul Exchange's album Memories or Illusions.

Career 1993-2009 From 1993 to 1997 Staffan Österlind studied at The Academy of Music in Malmö. There he started the band A Tribute to Led Zeppelin with drummer Pontus Snibb (Bonafide), and Johan Pihleke. After graduating the Music Academy with a master's degree in music in 1997 he started teaching music at the senior highschool Nicolaiskolan in Helsingborg. In 2005 he started playing the guitar with Paul Di'Anno, the vocalist of Iron Maiden and toured 13 countries with him. In 2006 Österlind produced and arranged the cover song of Kashmir by Led Zeppelin with Paul Di'Anno on vocals.

2009-present Österlind moved to Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. in 2009 and studied at Musician's Institute of Technology where he got an associate's degree in guitar and music production. While living in Los Angeles Österlind worked with Black Robot, Tuff, Stacy Barthe, Tony DeNiro, Seven Strait, LA Velvet, Beck, Phil Soussan and performed in Huell Howser's California's Gold. Österlind also worked at the famous Guitar Center on Sunset Blvd.

After moving back to Sweden, Österlind joined Danish rock band Supercharger and went on a European tour with them and the Swedish band H.E.A.T. Österlind produced the album Always A Lot Never Little with Close Quarters which became one of the best-selling rock albums in Sweden in 2015. Österlind has produced and was co-writer for Erika Wagenius album Remedy For Sobriety, released in 2020. 2021 he produced Marina Ammouri's single Latita (Let's Do What U Want). Same year he produced The Soul Exchange's album Memories or Illusions. He also produced Erika Wagenius album United States of Erika, released 2024.

Österlind plays with ARRIVAL From Sweden-The Music of ABBA (original ABBA bassist Mike Watson) and has toured with them in Europe and Asia as ”Björn” and plays all the guitar parts live. Österlind also plays with Wrethov's Bryan Adams Tribute with Anderz Wrethov (songwriter in Melodifestivalen), Fredrik "Figge" von Wachenfeldt (Wallmans Copenhagen) and John Löfgren (E-Type) and A Tribute to Led Zeppelin with Pontus Snibb (Bonafide), Sampo Axelsson (Lion's Share) and Johan Pihleke (Kvinnaböske Band). In 2024 Österlind started playing and touring in Spain with the show Road To Hell, A Tribute to AC/DC, produced by Moonworld Records.

SYCAMORE-73 In 2023 and 2024 Österlind released seven singles with instrumental music recorded with a guitar synthesizer under the alias SYCAMORE-73. Under the same alias he also released three guitar based chill out songs with Niclas Lundqvist. (Also known as 08 Pulse and LUNIQ ). In 2025 Österlind released the album Hollywoodland, the album Destiny together with the artist ALNA and the same year he also released music for Instagram reels and other social media posts in the album Micro Songs.

From The Sky 2020 Österlind together with Pontus Snibb and Sampo Axelsson, started the band From The Sky. Pontus Snibb was the initiator and brought the friends together. It has resulted in one album (released 2021 ) several singles and one EP so far. The band is signed to the record label Ninetone Group.

Discography

Album, single, EP produced by Österlind (sortable) Type Artist(s) Name Year Single SYCAMORE-73 Desmond Boulevard 2023 Single SYCAMORE-73 Ennis House 2023 Single SYCAMORE-73 Wells of Hollywood 2023 Single SYCAMORE-73 Runyon Canyon 2023 Single SYCAMORE-73 Outpost 2023 Single SYCAMORE-73 Stars of Griffith 2023 Single SYCAMORE-73, Niclas Lundqvist Sensuous 2023 Single SYCAMORE-73, Niclas Lundqvist Sensuous-Ambient Version 2023 Single SYCAMORE-73, Niclas Lundqvist Relief Beach 2023 Single SYCAMORE-73, Niclas Lundqvist Relief Beach-Chill-out Version 2023 Single SYCAMORE-73, Niclas Lundqvist Sundown Shore 2023 Single SYCAMORE-73, Niclas Lundqvist Sundown Shore-Ambient Version 2023 Single SYCAMORE-73 Schwab's 2024 Album From The Sky From The Sky 2021 Single From The Sky Mirage 2021 Single From The Sky Higher 2022 Single From The Sky Jack Bauer 2022 Single From The Sky Solid Point Of View 2022 EP From The Sky The Diversity EP(Four Styles, One Band) 2022 Song Paul Di'Anno Kashmir (World's Greatest Metal Tribute to Led Zeppelin) 2006 Song Sol Skugga Crash (Swimming Without Webbed Toes) 2007 Song Sol Skugga Avenge Revenge (Swimming Without Webbed Toes) 2007 Song Sol Skugga Love and Affection (Gardenia) 2008 Song Paul Di'Anno Kashmir (Led Box - The Ultimate Led Zeppelin and Tribute) 2008 Album Grand Rezerva Grand Rezerva 2009 Album Close Quarters Always A Lot, Never Little 2015 Album Erika Remedy for sobriety 2020 Single Marina Ammouri LATITA (Let's Do What U Want) 2021 Single The Soul Exhange We All Burn 2021 Single The Soul Exhange Oblivion 2021 Album The Soul Exhange Memories or Illusions 2021 Single Erika Sugarcoated 2024 Single Erika CHOKING ON MY SILVERSPOON 2024 Album Erika United States Of Erika 2024 Album SYCAMORE-73 Hollywoodland 2025 Album SYCAMORE-73 Micro Songs 2025 Album SYCAMORE-73, ALNA Destiny 2025