Girls Against Boys have the perfect mentality for Lollapalooza —they enjoy publicity.

“Am I the only corporate whore out here?” singer/guitarist Scott McCloud joked after hearing of the Daily”s extensive list of snubbed interviews.

McCloud and his Washington D.C. born quartet headline the Second Stage for the first half of the Lollapalooza tour. Girls Against Boys are heading into the festival following the release of their fourth and a half disc, House of GVSB.

“I think we’ve always been a band who focuses on our music,” McCloud explained. “Girls Against Boys is not a band with a message. Our own style is the message. The fun thing is just playing our songs. The second is to be heard and get feedback.”

GVSB’s thinking is partly why the band has done five videos. The bands also played the Second Stage of Lollapalooza in 1994 for a short week-long stint.

“Videos are great,” McCloud said. “It’s fun to try and do visuals for our songs, but we don’t know a lot about making them. Lollapalooza ’94 was a great show. Just getting to see the Beastie Boys was great.

“I don’t mean to put down Lollapalooza in any way, but it’s almost too much music in one day. Festivals get sort of boring for me. It’s hard to soak up the music.”

According to McCloud, this year’s route brings mostly short rides, creating some very long nights. “I’m sure there will be some pretty interesting night things going on,” he said.

“We’re used to getting into clubs around five or six and drinking for the early part of the evening. Now, our early evening is more like three or four. It’s like, wow… what’s going on?”

GVSB sees Lollapalooza as a chance to play in a different scenario. Since the band’s formation in 1991, the group has done numerous club tours.

“We prefer playing night club type places,” McCloud added. “You know, not too big, just a nice place to hang out.”

Through their many years of touring, McCloud said the band rarely has time off. “It’s nice when we do, just a chance to sleep and relax. I mean it’s hard to come off tour ’cause you get so used to that lifestyle.”

“You have to relearn self motivation,” he said. “Otherwise, if you just toured all the time, you would end up a vegetable. We get sick of each other, yeah, but we have some really good times together. You get used to the mind-set.”

GVSB have been described as by Rolling Stone as bad motherf—ker rock ‘n’ roll. They’ve also been labeled velvet metal.

“We take out primary cues from a lot of lesser known avant-garde English punk bands, like Joy Division,” McCloud explained. “I never have an easy time explaining this, but we’re not a grunge feel band. We’re powered by big guitar hooks.”

Girls Against Boys headline the Lollapalooza Second Stage in Des Moines tomorrow. Tickets are still available through Ticketmaster.