Shirtysomething was established in 2001 by two music industry chaps:

Frazer Craske was the bass guitarist with pagan thrash pioneers Sabbat. After the band split in the early 90's, he went into the printing business, and has built a reputation as one of the finest screen printers in the Midlands. His technical ability, perfectionism, and understanding of what makes a shirt "work", help us to achieve the best possible results for our clients. As does his apparent ability to work for 25 hours a day. His beard is inhabited by a family of badgers and an axe-wielding Nordic dwarf. He has recently started gigging again with Ravenscreed, and is fanatically devoted to his allotment garden.

Rog Patterson is and/or was a philosophy graduate, progressive rock musician, tour manager and sound engineer; he spent the 90s attempting to visit every airport on the planet with Rage Against the Machine, Skunk Anansie, Therapy?, Faith No More and many others. He came off the road (more or less) in 2001 and now devotes his managerial experience and incessant sarcasm to the running of Shirtysomething, largely because nobody seems to be willing to pay him to play cricket and drink beer. His "new" solo album is now over 20 years late, but he still occasionally gigs as half of the ancient and eccentric acousto-proggy duo Twice Bitten, amongst other deeply obscure (and/or wholly imaginary) musical projects.

Printy proceedings at Shirty Towers are aided and abetted by these fine folk:

Lucie Hawke looks after customer service, and all things officey. Renowned for being friendly, helpful, and - let's face it - barking mad. Her lifestyle has mellowed somewhat from festivals-and-beer to allotments-and-jam, but she's still likes a bit of tight-trousered big-hair 80's rock. Don't mention slugs.

Andy Bell (The Weatherman) is a career printer; his obsession with fishing informs his astonishing meteorological foresight, as well as his top-class lunchtime tale-telling. Rides a rather nice Triumph motorbike.

Rich Stuart is another man with printing in his blood (well, on his clothes, anyway) - his amiable strangeness is fuelled by insanely spicy food and insanely loud rock (yes, we're talking Lemmy here...) Rides a skateboard.

Neale Tristram does arty stuff, drives (and/or pushes) a VW Beetle, and follows Notts County FC through thick and thin (mostly thin.)