In early 2017, former member Peter Noone formed a breakaway group called [https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d6ff5a2d-6a79-4f10-9e48-be8a5d111f30|Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone]. '''Please do not merge that group in with this group.''' There seems to be some ambiguity around when the group was formed, the booklet of [release:05035957-578b-421b-aa5d-67e81d61bb26|Greatest Hits] refers to it starting 1st April 1964, but Wikipedia seems to reference 1963.