Mladen Bodalec

• Name — Mladen Bodalec • Landscape — no • Born — 1959 • Birthplace — Lobor, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia • Instrument — Vocals • Genre — * New wave • rock • pop rock • power pop • Occupation — Singer • Years Active — 1981–present • Label — Jugoton, Suzy, Crno Bijeli Svijet Records, InterService, Croatia Records, Dallas Records, Hit Records • Past Member Of — * Patrola

Bodalec started his career in 1981, when he joined Zagreb-based new wave band Patrola as the replacement for their original vocalist Renato Metessi. With Bodalec as vocalist, Patrola recorded their second studio album Tragovi noći (Traces of the Night). The album was never released, as upon its completion band's leader Damir Molnar went to serve his mandatory stint in the Yugoslav army, Patrola thus ending its activity.

• Illustration — Bodalec performing with Prljavo Kazalište in Samobor in 2017 In 1983, Bodalec appeared as a backing vocalist on the album Korak do sna (One Step Away from the Dream) by popular band Prljavo Kazalište. Two years later, he replaced the band's original frontman Davorin Bogović, debuting as the group's vocalist on the album Zlatne godine (Golden Years). Bodalec has remained the band's vocalist since, recording ten studio albums and seven live albums with the group, to large popularity in Croatia and other former Yugoslav republics.

Bodalec made a guest appearance on the 1995 album Baklje Ivanjske (Torches of Saint John's Eve) by Croatian and Yugoslav singer Doris Dragović, singing with her in the title track. He made a guest appearance on the 2013 album 100 metara do sreće (100 Meters to Happiness) by Croatian band Radio Luksemburg, in the song "Ispod kože" ("Under the Skin").

• Zlatne godine (1985) • Zaustavite Zemlju (1988) • Devedeseta (1990) • Lupi petama... (1993) • S vremena na vrijeme (1996) • Dani ponosa i slave (1998) • Radio Dubrava (2003) • Moj dom je Hrvatska (2005) • Tajno ime (2008) • Možda dogodine (2012)

• Sve je lako kad si mlad – Live (1989) • Zabranjeni koncert (1994) • Božićni koncert (1995) • 20 godina (1997) • XXX godina (2009) • XL World Tour Finale Stadion Zagreb (2019) • 30 godina od koncerta na Trgu - Arena Zagreb (2020)

• Lupi petama (1993) • Božićni koncert (1995) • Prljavo Kazalište (1996) • Prljavo Kazalište na Trgu (2003) • XXX godina (2009) • XL World Tour Finale Stadion Zagreb (2019) • 30 godina od koncerta na Trgu - Arena Zagreb (2020)

• "...Mojoj majci" / "Topoteka House Mix" / "Marina" (1989) • "Dođi sada Gospode" (1996) • "Tamni slapovi" (2014) • "Stare navike" (2023) • "Makni se" (2023) • "Molim Boga da svane" (2024) • "Djeca su OK" (2024)

• Title — Year — Peak chart positions — Album • CRO • "Stare navike" — 2023 — 2 — Non-album single • "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.