Also during that time, Hersch served as chair of the Guitar Department at the Powers Music School.

From 2010 to 2016, Hersch joined Girls Guns and Glory as the lead guitar player and toured with them in America and Europe.

[1] In 2014, Rolling Stone magazine selected Girls Guns and Glory in "Ten New Artists You Need to Know".

[1] He is also the founding member of the Honky Tonk Trucker Jazz and Western Swing band Chris Hersch & The MoonRaiders.

Hersch is also co-founder of Say Darling, a rock and roll, blues, and soul band featuring Celia Woodsmith] of Della Mae.