Best Bands of all time - in no particular order

There was a thread like this earlier this year; unfortunately, it died out young, as so many interesting topics do on this underpopulated music board.

http://saintsreport.com/forums/f8/your-all-time-favorite-music-artists-304113/#.UpIwMSevPnc

And earlier ones like

http://saintsreport.com/forums/f8/greatest-bands-all-time-157714/#.UpIw2SevPnc

http://saintsreport.com/forums/f8/what-all-time-greatest-american-rock-band-191369/#.UpIxEievPnc

Assuming we're limiting this to rock bands (no Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Miles Davis, Nelson Riddle, Fania All-Stars, Bob Marley & the Wailers, etc.), my list:

The Beatles
Allman Brothers Band
Grateful Dead
The Who
The Rolling Stones
The Clash
The J.B.'s (James Brown)
Parliament-Funkadelic
The Funk Brothers (Motown session band)
The Wrecking Crew (L.A. session band for Phil Spector, Brian Wilson, etc.)
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
Fleetwood Mac
Talking Heads
R.E.M.

Second tier:
Buddy Holly & the Crickets
The Kinks
Velvet Underground
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Sly & the Family Stone
The Doors
The Byrds
The Band
Chicago (but only up to 1973/Chicago VI)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Minutemen
Los Lobos
X
Nirvana