
Siân Llewellyn
Classic Rock editor Siân has worked on the magazine for longer than she cares to discuss, and prior to that was deputy editor of Total Guitar. During that time, she’s had the chance to interview artists such as Brian May, Slash, Jeff Beck, James Hetfield, Sammy Hagar, Alice Cooper, Manic Street Preachers and countless more. She has hosted The Classic Rock Magazine Show on both TotalRock and TeamRock radio, contributed to CR’s The 20 Million Club podcast and has also had bylines in Metal Hammer, Guitarist, Total Film, Cult TV and more. When not listening to, playing, thinking or writing about music, she can be found getting increasingly more depressed about the state of the Welsh national rugby team and her beloved Pittsburgh Steelers.
Latest articles by Siân Llewellyn

Black Sabbath - The Farewell Interview: Ozzy, Tony, Geezer and Bill, only in the new Classic Rock
By Siân Llewellyn published
Also in this issue: Ghost, The Doobie Brothers, Skunk Anansie, Motörhead, Masters Of Reality, Robin Trower, Goo Goo Dolls, John Lydon, The Stranglers, When Rivers Meet and more

Grunge may have burst the big-hair bubble, but it saved Heart
By Siân Llewellyn published
The Wilson sisters look back on hit records, death threats and a career like no other

Fleetwood Mac and the arrival of Buckingham Nicks - only in the new issue of Classic Rock
By Siân Llewellyn published
Also in this issue: Joe Walsh, Don Airey, Those Damn Crows, Pete Townshend, Lollapalooza 92, Luke Spiller, Mike Campbell, Yngwie Malmsteen, Samantha Fish and more

The full inside story of Pink Floyd's Live At Pompeii - only in the new issue of Classic Rock
By Siân Llewellyn published
Also in this issue: Bon Jovi, Steven Wilson, The Darkness, Gary Moore, Smith/Kotzen, Bush, Envy Of None, The Pretenders, Goo Goo Dolls, The Damn Truth, Simon McBride and more

The rollercoaster story of Heart, the 70s rock icons who survived MTV, grunge and each other
By Siân Llewellyn published
Ann and Nancy Wilson look back over the rise, fall and resurrection of Heart

Sex! Jazz! LSD! The Doors' Robby Krieger and John Densmore - only in the new issue of Classic Rock
By Siân Llewellyn published
Also in this issue: Elton John, John Sykes, Jethro Tull, Bonnie Raitt, Led Zeppelin, The Wildhearts, Twisted Sister, Bon Mould, Black Spiders, Ice-T and more

Celebrating 50 years of Iron Maiden with exclusive all-new interviews - only in the new Classic Rock
By Siân Llewellyn published
Also in this issue: Larkin Poe, Gillan, Manic Street Preachers, Thin Lizzy, The Pogues, King Crimson, The Knack, Ricky Warwick, Shaman's Harvest, Brian Fallon, Von Hertzen Brothers and more

In the new Classic Rock: our exclusive new interview with Rush's Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson
By Siân Llewellyn published
Also in this issue: Styx, Joe Satriani, The Doors, DeWolff, Sweet, Mark Tremonti, Metallica, Andy Fairweather Low, Tom Morello, Brothers Osborne, The Struts and more

The 50 Best Rock Albums of 2024
By Classic Rock Magazine published
A-listers, established artists, up-and-comers, previously unknowns and more

The best albums, shows and megastars of 2024 – only in Classic Rock's end-of-year special
By Siân Llewellyn published
Also in this issue: AC/DC, David Gilmour, Foreigner, Slash, Ozzy Osbourne, Ghost Bruce Dickinson, Hawkwind, the Black Crowes and more - and three exclusive gifts

A beginner's guide to progressive folk in 10 acts - it's not all 'hey nonny nonny', y'know
By Siân Llewellyn published
Folk and folk rock bands are responsible for some of the most progressive music ever made. Not only that, but they influenced the rock world as we know it

The chaotic making of Van Halen's 1984 - only in the new issue of Classic Rock
By Siân Llewellyn published
Also in this issue: Alex Van Halen, the Rolling Stones, Opeth, George Murray, Queen, Von Hertzen Brothers, Meat Loaf, Joan Armatrading, Michael Monroe, Rosalie Cunningham, The Sheepdogs, Koyo, The Darkness, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Starbenders and more

Motörhead's Overkill, the album that changed everything - only in the new issue of Classic Rock
By Siân Llewellyn published
Also in this issue: Jack Russell, Nikki Sixx, The Offspring, Myles Kennedy, Bill Wyman, Tuk Smith, Howlin' Wolf, MC5, The Damned, Steve Howe and more

How The Cure’s Pornography, Disintegration and Bloodflowers albums became goth’s great ‘Dark Trilogy’
By Siân Llewellyn published
The Cure’s Robert Smith looks back on the albums that turned the band into the goth icons they are today

Inside Thin Lizzy's Jailbreak and the campaign to break America - only in the new Classic Rock
By Siân Llewellyn published
Also in this issue: Motörhead, Jerry Cantrell, Jon Anderson, The Cold Stares, Fleetwood Mac, Terrorvision, Michael Schenker, Idles, The Hot Damn!, Bad Religion, Paul Gilbert and more

“Nobody could ever fill Ronnie’s shoes”: The second coming of Lynyrd Skynyrd
By Siân Llewellyn published
Lynyrd Skynyrd reunited a decade after the plane crash that killed Ronnie Van Zant to launch their second act

How Aerosmith took flight with Get Your Wings - only in the new issue of Classic Rock
By Siân Llewellyn published
Also in this issue: John Mayall, Pink Floyd, Joe Elliott, Creed, Phil Mogg, The Cadillac Three, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Joanne Shaw Taylor, LA Edwards and more

Bruce Springsteen: The torment and triumph of Born In The USA
By Siân Llewellyn published
Also in this issue: Dio, Deep Purple, Duff McKagan, Canned Heat, Blondie, Gene Simmons, Tito, Suzi Quatro, Orange Goblin, Fish, Tyler Bryant, Blues Pills and more

Why Sammy Hagar is one of rock’s most under-rated guitar heroes
By Siân Llewellyn published
He’s played with six-string icons Ronnie Montrose, Eddie Van Halen and Joe Satriani – but Sammy Hagar is a hell of a guitarist himself

The new issue of Classic Rock is an AC/DC 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition
By Siân Llewellyn published
Also in this issue: Heart, Black Country Communion, Allman Brothers, Ian Hunter, Manic Street Preachers, ELP, Black Crowes, Anvil, Marcus King, Lindisfarne, Lemon Twigs, Mitch Ryder and more

The untold story of Black Sabbath's unlikely resurrection
By Siân Llewellyn published
Also in this issue: Jon Bon Jovi, Triumph, Bryan Adams, Praying Mantis, FM, New England, Al Jourgensen, Masters Of Reality, Chris Spedding, Cock Sparrer, Bad Nerves and more

"It's the Devil's Music - Hide your kids' stuff!" How Slash made the blues sound like a party again – only in the new issue of Classic Rock
By Siân Llewellyn published
Also in this issue: Eagles, Pink Floyd, Kerry King, Sebastian Bach, Lenny Kravitz, Steve Harley, The Black Keys, Walter Trout, Nazareth, Troy Redfern and more

"Black Night? It was done in two hours of drunkenness!": Deep Purple's best songs, in their own words - Only in the revealing new issue of Classic Rock
By Siân Llewellyn published
Also in this issue: Scorpions, Sheryl Crow, Gary Clark Jr., The Waterboys, Kris Barras, Big Big Train, Gun, Peter Green, Wolfgang Van Halen and much more

"We argued about everything": The stories behind the making of The Works, the album that returned Queen to rock: Only in the regal new issue of Classic Rock
By Siân Llewellyn published
Also in this issue: The Black Crowes, Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest, The Pineapple Thief, Wayne Kramer, Scott Stapp, Bush, Green Day, The Stranglers and more

"I came home from school and learned all the sounds, and learned all the songs note for note. I could just relate to it somehow": How the blues galvanised Gary Moore
By Siân Llewellyn published
Heavily influenced by the 60s boom, Thin Lizzy’s perennially under-rated guitarist Gary Moore would take blues rock to the next level and beyond
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