The Bloodhound Gang has ridden a wave of poop and boobie jokes to fart-filled success since the release of its first album, Use Your Fingers, in 1995. In their kinder, gentler moments, they're the Benny Hills of rock & roll, proffering rehashed riffs and lowest-common-denominator lyrics like, "I want my next chick anorexic, the winner is thinner/Won't have to take her skinny ass out to a fancy dinner." Their new album, Hooray for Boobies, has gone platinum, buoyed by the success of their robotic Eurodance single, "The Bad Touch."

The Bloodhound Gang is witty, stupid, disgusting and the only band on earth that makes Fred Durst sound like a heavy thinker. Pennsylvania native Jimmy Pop, 27, the Gang's frontman and visionary, takes a "What, me worry?" approach to his band's taste for sexist, racist and homophobic stereotypes. He is quick to point out that: (a) he is a huge fan of fey bands like Depeche Mode (whatever, dude); (b) his band has many female fans (true, and at a recent New York show they were falling over themselves to flash their breasts); and (c) he makes fun of men as much as women (not really, but thanks for playing, Jimmy). Pop calls from Bucktail Camping Resort, his parents' campground in Pennsylvania, where he and the band are filming a special for a music station in Germany - where, by the way, they are wildly popular.

Did you do a lot of camping as a kid?

Well, the campground is about four hours away from our house, so from when I was fourteen to, like, sixteen, my parents came up here from May to September, and I'd have the house to myself. I could be bad all summer. I spent all the money they left me on beer and cigarettes.

You must have been pretty popular as a fourteen-year-old.

Yeah, it was the only reason I had any friends. My parents were teenagers in the Fifties - they had no clue. They thought LSD was a special at McDonald's.

What do they think of your lyrics?

When we first started, they didn't like it. They had just spent $40,000 to put me through college, and there I was writing lyrics about poop, over disco beats. But now they like it. I send 'em on trips.

Did you expect to get a record deal?

We never expected to play more than house parties. It's shocking that so many people around the world would have such bad taste. It's validation for those of us who believe in the lowest common denominator. Whether you're Polish or German or Australian, you can always appreciate a fart. That's what I think when I see a hot girl. I did this MTV thing the other day with this model. She was kind of snooty, so I just pictured her taking a dump. I didn't have her on a pedestal anymore - just a stool.

Your lyrics are pretty demeaning to women. Why do girls like you at all?

Because girls are smarter - they understand the lyrics. Guys are just like, "Huh-huh, he said 'turd'!" We get misinterpreted by people who think we're misogynistic, homophobic and racist. So the more Asian fans and Jewish fans and sexy little twinks - see, I'm even down with gay lingo - that like us, the better.

What exactly do you think girls understand better about your lyrics?

There's as much male bashing as there is a questioning of some of the feminine attributes in our songs. We didn't make any of our records to shock people - it's just the stuff that we always talk about, the stuff that makes us laugh. It's what we talk about on the bus or plane, and then I just go to my computer and write it down. I just have a lowbrow sense of humor. Can you believe that a record company gives us a million dollars for twelve songs, and one of them is made on a Casio with lyrics about a stripper?

I can, actually.

It's funny. We never intend to offend anyone. If you have a good sense of humor and like to drink, you'll appreciate what I'm saying.

Phuong, the Asian-American women's alliance, is protesting your song "Yellow Fever." Has anyone ever confronted you?

We get letters, but one of our first fans is a girl named Mandy Springfellow, who's Asian. I forward the letters to her, she answers them, and she can say, "Shut up, you dumb Chink," 'cause coming from her, it's OK.

Don't you think Asian women have a valid argument? You talk about blindfolding a girl with dental floss.

That's an old joke. It's out of Truly Tasteless Jokes 8, from 1986. People have problems with it because there's stereotypes in there, but stereotypes exist for a reason - there's a kernel of truth in them. I mean, they call French people frogs 'cause they eat frogs. I wouldn't do a song called "Go Kill Pakistanis." It's not about that; I'm just having a laugh. I think that if a person is in the mind-set that they are being attacked, they will respond to it that way. "Yellow Fever" is a song about me wanting to bang Asian chicks. In my own way, I'm saying that I like Asian chicks. Hopefully people want to laugh with me, and if not, they can go buy the Creed record.

What's more important to you: boobies or brewskis?

Well, we're talking about cans in either case, so it's a matter of rocks off or Rolling Rock. I wouldn't want to come in a Milwaukee Beast can, so I say rocks off.

Do you have any hobbies?

Not anymore. My hobby used to be writing dumb songs - now that's all I do.