About the only period where I'd say they lost it was 2000-2005, because they were making wannabe pop-punk along the lines of Good Charlotte and stuff. Not to mention they were signed to A&M. Thank goodness they didn't stay that way.
Sick album cover, I had it as my avatar for a while.
I bought "Let It Happen", their B-sides and unreleased stuff compilation, which has a couple of songs from that 7" on it. Too bad Amazon hasn't shipped the damn thing to me yet (and I ordered it five days ago!).