Real name: Gruppo Sportivo

Effective period / Period of releases: 1979 - 1980

Members: Hans Vandenburg, Max Mollinger, Josee Van Iersel, Meike Touw

After Hans Vandenburg ended Gruppo Sportivo he announced that he would form a new band with musicians to be recruited in New York. In the end The Buddy Odor Stop featured a mix of members of Gruppo Sportivo and new recruits, but no New Yorkers. The album Buddy Odor Is A Gas! and the eponymous single flopped mercilessly, and Hans Vandenburg reformed Gruppo Sportivo in 1980.

Three tracks from Buddy Odor Is A Gas! appear on the compilation Vinylly!, credited to Gruppo Sportivo.