I was into them for about 2 years. I sold their CD's 10 or 11 years ago. I couldn't stand them anymore. Even their older music bothered me. Everything was so samey. Slow intro into a fast song, title track, filler, song with clean guitar verses and distorted choruses finishing with some "power" ending, a bunch of filler, instrumental, fast short song (or vice-versa on Lighting), the end. Then the s/t hit with it's generic pop songs with distorted guitars. I could take no more. Everything they did after that was just them digging the hole deeper.
And t.A.T.u. is a breath of fresh air compared to 'lica. At least the guitars on their album are heavier.