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On this episode of DTB’s “Stage Threads”, Chris Zasche, bassist of the indie folk band, The Head and The Heart, shows you his stage outfits and discusses how his style connects to the music and the stories behind the clothing he wears during performances. The Head and the Heart is currently supporting their newest album, Aperture.
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Film Date - August 8, 2025
Location - The Salt Shed in Chicago, IL
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VIDEO SUMMARY:
00:00 Introduction
00:37 Skip Intro
02:30 Daily Outfit
04:46 Stage Clothing
08:07 Accessories
11:51 Shoes
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Digital Tour Bus is your backstage pass to your favorite touring artists! With daily video releases, we cover all genres, and have had the pleasure of featuring the likes of Matchbox Twenty, Twenty One Pilots, Megadeth, MGK, Papa Roach, AJR, Pierce The Veil, Simple Plan, A Day to Remember, and thousands of others over the past 15 years. "Bus Invaders" takes you inside an artist's home on the road, "Cooking at 65mph" showcases the culinary skills of artists on tour, "Gear Masters" unveils the equipment musicians use on stage, and "Stage Threads" dives into the meaning and inspiration behind the clothing artists wear during their performances.
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On this episode of DTB’s “Stage Threads”, Chris Zasche, bassist of the indie folk band, The Head and The Heart, shows you his stage outfits and discusses how his style connects to the music and the stories behind the clothing he wears during performances. The Head and the Heart is currently supporting their newest album, Aperture.
VIDEO INFO:
Film Date - August 8, 2025
Location - The Salt Shed in Chicago, IL
KEEP UP WITH THE HEAD AND THE HEART:
Facebook - https://facebook.com/theheadandtheheart
Instagram - https://instagram.com/theheadandtheheart
Twitter - https://twitter.com/headandtheheart
FOLLOW US:
Website/Email List - https://www.digitaltourbus.com/#/portal/signup
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/digitaltourbus
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/digitaltourbus/
TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@digitaltourbus
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/digitaltourbus/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/digitaltourbus
Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/digitaltourbus/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-tour-bus-llc
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/digitaltourbus
VIDEO SUMMARY:
00:00 Introduction
00:37 Skip Intro
02:30 Daily Outfit
04:46 Stage Clothing
08:07 Accessories
11:51 Shoes
ABOUT DIGITAL TOUR BUS:
Digital Tour Bus is your backstage pass to your favorite touring artists! With daily video releases, we cover all genres, and have had the pleasure of featuring the likes of Matchbox Twenty, Twenty One Pilots, Megadeth, MGK, Papa Roach, AJR, Pierce The Veil, Simple Plan, A Day to Remember, and thousands of others over the past 15 years. "Bus Invaders" takes you inside an artist's home on the road, "Cooking at 65mph" showcases the culinary skills of artists on tour, "Gear Masters" unveils the equipment musicians use on stage, and "Stage Threads" dives into the meaning and inspiration behind the clothing artists wear during their performances.
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00:00Time's an illusion, so, like, whatever works, right?
00:03I wear stuff that's just constantly about to fall apart.
00:06It's almost like I save it. I, like, let it, like, build its energy.
00:30I'm Chris from the Head and the Heart. I play bass in the band, and, yeah, I've been on tour for four weeks this time out, and it's been great so far.
00:49We've been out with some great bands, Marfa, Wild Rivers, Wilderado now, just meeting some new friends and playing some really cool cities.
01:02We're at Salt Shed here in Chicago, which is our first time, but been hearing about it for months and months.
01:10I know it's new, but everyone seems to rave about it, so.
01:14In Chicago, it's just been kind of like, I wouldn't say a second home, but I feel like it was one of the first cities outside of the Northwest where we had some actual people show up to a show, which is exciting.
01:29Shubas was the first place we played here, and I feel like that was just, like, kind of a seminal show for all of us.
01:36Just a small room, but the first time we filled a room outside of Seattle.
01:40So, and we have family here. My brother lives here, so Chicago's kind of always been, yeah, kind of a home away from home.
01:51And, yeah, we're out supporting our new album, Aperture, which has been out for three, four months now.
01:57And, yeah, really great, collaborative record.
02:03I feel like everyone has their personality and kind of DNA all over it.
02:09And, yeah, it's really, it's been a great tour to be able to play some of these new songs live and mix them in with the old.
02:19It all seems to be gelling pretty, pretty nicely together.
02:24Yeah, and this is my wardrobe.
02:28Well, this is what I wear every single day.
02:32This is, like, my, I guess, my pajamas.
02:36This is, like, my equivalent of pajamas.
02:38I literally, I wear this every single day.
02:41This is, like, just, I guess, the most comfortable thing that I have and own.
02:47Just vans that I wear every day that are stinky and comfy.
02:51And I kind of run hot, so I usually am wearing shorts in the summer.
03:00You know, no, they're, I don't even know what they are.
03:04I think I made probably a thrift store that kind of, I think they fit kind of ill on the, ill-fitting on the bottom.
03:12So I just cut them off.
03:14And sometimes I sew them.
03:16This time I didn't.
03:16I usually have a sew kit with me for repairs.
03:23This Misfits shirt I bought at a gas station in high school.
03:29It was, like, at the time, it was, like, really oversized.
03:34But I couldn't believe I found, like, a bootleg Misfits shirt.
03:38I was a big Misfits fan, still am.
03:40At a gas station in North Bend where they filmed Twin Peaks, one of my favorite shows.
03:44And I've just had it over the years.
03:47I feel like I've lost it a couple times, found it a couple times.
03:51Again, I think the, kind of like the pants, I think the neck and the sleeves were ill-fitting.
03:56So I just took them off.
03:58The hat, this was a Missoula, Montana vintage store.
04:02Just, uh, I feel like I have a lot of random vintage hats.
04:09I feel like that's, like, one of my, um, hobbies on the road is just finding thrift stores, vintage markets, goodwills.
04:20Just kind of always, always looking.
04:22Kind of never know what you're going to find.
04:24Um, and then, funny enough, I've, in the last, like, six months, I've lost a little bit of weight.
04:33So, I've kind of reverted back to a lot of things that I wore, like, ten years ago.
04:40Um, so I guess my fashion has recycled upon itself.
04:44Like, this is just, like, a thrift store shirt that I couldn't remember how long.
04:51I've probably had this thing for a decade.
04:53It's been sitting in my closet for that long.
04:57Um, I used to wear it all the time, enough that I ripped a hole in the shoulder where the strap for my base is.
05:04And I just, I just sewed that up on this tour because I wanted to start wearing it again.
05:10Didn't want to ruin it.
05:11Um, that goes for pants.
05:14I feel like I just have some, like, old pants that I haven't worn in probably a decade, but now they fit again.
05:25Um, I've been rocking.
05:26Oh, I found a custom belt.
05:29Always got to have it.
05:30Um, Sashi, my last name.
05:33Uh, this is the 100-year anniversary, uh, of the rodeo in Ellensburg, Washington, where I live.
05:40Um, that was 2023, so I got to rock some hometown.
05:44Uh, not hometown, but, uh, just a little something from back home.
05:51Uh, let's see.
05:54I guess we can go.
05:55I, uh, you wouldn't maybe tell by the look of it, but I go golfing every single morning.
06:01Um, it's kind of my tour.
06:03I get up early.
06:04I have kids, so I get up early, and I just kind of need to do something.
06:08Um, so in the last couple years, I started golfing more and more.
06:13So I think half of what's in here is just kind of golf stuff, just pretty run-of-the-mill.
06:21I've tried getting a little, uh, experimental with fashion on the course, and I feel like
06:27it just doesn't suit me.
06:29I like to just show up in a very neutral, uh, just a neutral vibe, because you never know
06:36who you're going to get paired up with.
06:37Um, I kind of like just showing up with a blank slate when you meet people in that setting.
06:43So, uh, yeah, a lot of golf stuff.
06:48I got a golf, got a visor, which, uh, sometimes I wear golf pants.
06:55And then I found this, uh, where did I find this?
06:58This was like, I was, it was in New York, and it was like 95 degrees.
07:06It was so hot, and I was just looking for something, like, breathable.
07:12And, again, I bought it.
07:14It was kind of ill-fitting, so I cut the sleeves, cut the bottom.
07:19I feel like I do a lot of, uh, clothing mods.
07:23Jeans, these are, man, these are another, uh, I don't think the fashion has come around
07:29quite yet.
07:30It's still, uh, some 10, 10-year-old, uh, pants that fit me again.
07:37So I started wearing them just because, again, I lost a little, not a, you know, not a lot,
07:43but just a little bit of weight, a little bit of patch job there.
07:46I always, I always travel with a sewing kit, um, just because I feel like I wear stuff that's
07:53just constantly about to fall apart.
07:56It's kind of the nature of my stuff.
07:59And then we were in, um, Interlochen, Michigan.
08:02Yesterday, there was a lake backstage, so I have some wet clothes from swimming in the
08:10lake that are not dry yet.
08:13Still drying.
08:14We got this, or I think all of us got these, um, Shinola watches.
08:19We were in Detroit, and we had, um, some friends that worked for Shinola years ago.
08:25Great stuff.
08:26So we've had this, I've had this watch for probably a decade.
08:30Um, I find that I, if I, if I check the time on my watch, I feel like time moves slower.
08:38I feel like the digital thing, I feel like I, for some reason, the way it processes my brain,
08:43it makes me more anxious to look at a digital script, like, uh, time.
08:48So this kind of, like, somehow slows time for me.
08:52I mean, time's an illusion, so, like, whatever works, right?
08:56I feel like every once in a while we get some fans that, like, either throw stuff up, or
08:59we do, like, a little VIP, um, meet and greet with fans before the show.
09:05And a lot of times, especially the younger fans will, like, make stuff.
09:08It's really, um, quite sweet.
09:11And then I've got my, my Trident, my hometown, uh, Seattle Mariners that I try to rock.
09:17I think they're gonna, they're in the wild card, uh, right now.
09:21Hopefully they can pull ahead of the Astros and win the division, but I'll take a wild card.
09:26Yeah, necklaces, let's see.
09:28Uh, this used to be a feather.
09:31It broke in half.
09:32Um, I've had this necklace for probably, like, 15 years.
09:38I played in this band, um, called Widower in Seattle years ago.
09:43And, um, Heather, our bass player, got us all these necklaces.
09:47It was a very sweet gesture.
09:49And I've worn it, I think, every day since.
09:53Um, let's see.
09:54This one, I have, um, two young boys.
09:58We found this necklace in a river up in the Cascade Mountains.
10:01He spotted it.
10:03He was just, like, saw something shiny, kind of dug it out, cleared it off.
10:06And we found this, like, shark tooth, uh, necklace, which, uh, I thought it was kind of funny.
10:14And he does, he's, you know, he's not a big necklace guy.
10:17He's eight.
10:17And I was like, oh, I'll wear it.
10:19It'll remind, remind me of this time in the river.
10:22And, um, so that's where that came from.
10:25Also wear that every day.
10:27Um, yeah, that's kind of usually the extent.
10:31I do, I don't know what it is.
10:32I feel like it's, it's partially, like, sometimes on stage you almost need, not, like, an alter ego.
10:41But, like, I mean, usually people, like, dress up to some extent to sort of project something.
10:49Um, lately I've been feeling really good about just putting on, like, big chains.
10:56I used to wear a lot of big chains.
10:58I know it's, like, maybe it doesn't totally fit a lot of, uh, my philosophies.
11:04But they're not real.
11:06And they're just, like, they're a vibe that helped me just kind of get into it.
11:11Um, yesterday before the show, I was kind of just, like, taught.
11:15It was, like, just a hot day, swimming, playing golf.
11:19I was kind of tired.
11:20And I, like, put on my chain and started listening to, like, N.W.A.
11:25And I was, like, ah, just, like, help me just sort of get into this zone that's maybe a little less than, like, a normal venue.
11:36I don't know.
11:36Sometimes you need a little help, uh, just getting, not into character or anything.
11:41It's not like a, it's not like that.
11:42But just, I don't know, kind of getting you in the mood for, like, a show.
11:46So, um, so, yeah, chains, a lot of chains.
11:51Um, and then I got some shoes.
11:57Um, I've been rocking these.
12:00Again, I'm probably, like, 10 years old.
12:01But somehow they're kind of just finding their way back into, um, my life.
12:08Um, and then these are kind of, I got some slacks that I'll wear every once in a while.
12:14These are kind of my, for my slacks.
12:17These are from my denims.
12:19Um, again, I feel like sometimes shoes is kind of like with the chains.
12:24Like, sometimes just putting on something, it just triggers, like, a different energy.
12:30I feel like shoes, I feel like John is the same way.
12:32I don't know.
12:33You've already done an interview with John.
12:34I feel like he's a big shoe guy.
12:36And I feel like I've, like, can relate to that.
12:38Like, just putting something on can just, it just puts you in a different headspace.
12:45So that's why I feel like I don't, I feel like I don't wear a lot of this stuff during the day.
12:51It's almost like I save it.
12:53I, like, let it, like, build its energy for, like, 10 minutes before.
12:58Put it on and then kind of get into that, that mode.
13:02One thing that I love about my wardrobe is I've just got some, like, hometown art that my kids sent me.
13:10It's just a nice reminder.
13:11To look at it, see it, just, yeah, anyway, that's my, that's my custom wardrobe piece.
13:21Yeah, thanks for, thanks for watching and taking a little tour of my wardrobe.
13:27And thanks to everyone who's coming out to shows and listening to the record and the old records and participating in our career and our life.
13:35It means a lot to us, so, yeah, hope to see you out there and thanks.
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