The Yardbirds are no more, according to drummer Jim McCarty, who announced the band's disbanding in a Facebook post.

"The Yardbirds as a band has continued to evolve through the years with great musicians playing all around the world," McCarty wrote in the post.

"The current lineup of the group will be parting ways at the end of the year, and I will be working on solo ventures and other Yardbirds projects in 2015.

I would like to thank Ben, Andy, Dave and Top for all their support through the years and wish all Yardbirds fans a great Christmas and prosperous 2015!"

As Something Else! notes, guitarist Ben King would have marked 10 years in the band next year, while vocalist Andy Mitchell and bassist David Smale joined in 2009.

Top Topham, the group's founding guitarist, returned to the lineup in 2013.

McCarty has been the lone mainstay of the band for over five decades.