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Pictures: 10 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame snubs

For a "Long Time" Boston's first release was the best selling debut ever with 17 million albums sold. No Classic Rock radio station playlist would be complete without hits like "More Than A Feeling," Don't Look Back" and "Peace of Mind." And if you had a girlfriend named Amanda in the '80's, you were in.

For a “Long Time” Boston’s first release was the best selling debut ever with 17 million albums sold. No Classic Rock radio station playlist would be complete without hits like “More Than A Feeling,” Don’t Look Back” and “Peace of Mind.” And if you had a girlfriend named Amanda in the ‘80’s, you were in.  (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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Do they or don’t they belong in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? These acts have not yet been recognized by the Hall despite their impact in the world of music. One thing to remember as you view these pictures, ABBA made it in last year. Just saying...

8. The Moody Blues

This group of English rockers could copyright symphonic psychedelia as their own. With classic tunes like “Nights in White Satin,” “Ride My See-Saw,” “The Story in Your Eyes” and “The Voice, “ The Moody Blues have sold more than 70 million albums around the world and still tour.  (Eugene Gologursky/WireImage for New York Post)

7. Electric Light Orchestra

Mixing classical strings with modern rock, pop and a whole lot of Beatles, ELO hit the Top 40 27 times between 1972 and 1986 while selling more than 50 million albums around the world. And if all of that wasn’t enough, they used to tour with a stage that looked like a spaceship!  (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

6. Cheap Trick

Able to craft the perfect pop/rock song In Color and black and white, Cheap Trick spun their wheels for a few albums before breaking out with their live release At Budokan in 1979. “I Want You to Want Me” and “Surrender” remain radio staples to this day, while the boys still continue to make records and tour.  (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

3. Bad Company

Bad Company took the concept of the stadium rocker and perfected it with tunes like “Can’t Get Enough,” “Feel Like Makin’ Love” and “Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy.” One of the first super-groups, with band members from Free, King Crimson and Mott the Hoople, they hit number one on the Billboard charts twice, sold millions of albums and still tour to this day.  (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

1. KISS

We’re not sure how there can be a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame without these guys considering that they’ve been through just about every cycle the music biz has to offer. They’ve got the gimmick, sold the records, had the hits, filled the stadiums, been through drug and alcohol issues, sold out on a merchandising level of which the Elvis estate should be jealous, appeared in a TV movie, faded away and then rode the nostalgia wave back to the top. They are the epitome of rock n’ roll.  (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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