Martin Rolinski

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Martin Rolinski (born on June 23, 1982) is the lead singer of the Swedish synth-pop band Bodies Without Organs (now known as BWO). An only child, he was raised in Göteborg, Sweden, although both of his parents are from Poland and he speaks fluent Polish.

Rolinkski started his music career in 2002 when he made a bet with his friends to go on an audition for Popstars, a TV reality show searching for new artists. He made it to the final group, but was eliminated in the middle of the season. However after Popstars in 2003, Martin worked with Anders Hansson, who was in contact with Alexander Bard. Through Hansson, Rolinski got in touch with Bard, and Rolinski subsequently became the lead singer of Bard's new band Bodies Without Organs together with Marina Schiptjenko and Bard himself.

In 2004, Bodies Without Organs' debut-single Living In A Fantasy was released widely in Europe. After competing in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2005 with the song Gone (which failed to qualify for the final, finishing fifth out of eight in one of the four semi-finals), their debut album was released in March the same year, called Prototype, which generated seven hit singles.

In 2006, Bodies Without Organs competed once again in Melodifestivalen with the song Temple of Love, this time qualifying for the final where they finished second behind Carola. They also introduced themselves as BWO rather than Bodies Without Organs. Temple of Love went on to reach Number 1 in the Swedish single chart. In April BWO's new album Halcyon Days was released.