Staffan Österlind (born 10 March 1973) is a Swedish musician, guitarist and music producer best known for being a guitarist with

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(the vocalist of

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) across South America, Europe, and Asia and producing

's cover of ''Kashmir''. He played the guitar with

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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

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. 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

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in music in 1997 he started teaching music at the senior highschool Nicolaiskolan in

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. In 2005 he started playing the guitar with

, the vocalist of

and toured 13 countries with him. In 2006 Österlind produced and arranged the

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of ''Kashmir'' by

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with Paul Di'Anno on vocals.

2009-present

Österlind moved to

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, U.S. in 2009 and studied at Musician's Institute of Technology where he got an

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in guitar and music production. While living in Los Angeles Österlind worked with Black Robot,

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, Tony DeNiro, LA Velvet,

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and performed in

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. Österlind also worked at the famous

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. After moving back to Sweden, Österlind joined Danish rock band Supercharger and went on a European tour with them and the Swedish band

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. 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

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bassist ) 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 (

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), Fredrik "Figge" von Wachenfeldt (Wallmans Copenhagen) and John Löfgren ( E-Type) and A Tribute to Led Zeppelin with Pontus Snibb ( Bonafide), Sampo Axelsson (

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) 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

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recorded with a

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under the alias SYCAMORE-73. Under the same alias he also released three guitar based

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songs with Niclas Lundqvist. (Also known as 08 Pulse and LUNIQ)

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

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Ninetone Group.

Discography

External links

Staffan Österlind Official Site

LA's Exclusive Interview with Indie Rock Band LA Velvet and Staffan Österlind

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Österlind, Staffan Swedish guitarists 1973 births Living people Theremin players Swedish lead guitarists Swedish heavy metal guitarists Swedish male composers Swedish male guitarists Swedish male songwriters Swedish record producers Swedish session musicians All-Stars (band) members People from Finspång Municipality