I never explicitly listened to them at the time but got curious now, partly under the influence of the white stripes. I'm surprised by two things:

1. they're very folky while I'd only really known that they were bluesy (and 'rawk'-y of course)
2. I was listening to them at the time! As I listen, I'm transported back not just to school corridors where spotty youths in cowboy boots wouldn't be seen without a zeppelin album under their arm, but also to various venues which they must have been soundtracking unbeknownst to me. Parties, discos and, most strongly, a certain psychedelic 'quiet room' (this was pre-chill-outs) where you could leave off the dancing and do some serious sitting, drinking and smoking. I can smell the candles and lava lamps right now. (Who needs madeleines?)

B-)