1999 in music

This is a collection of quotations about notable events in music that took place in 1999.

Quotes about 1999 in music

• In a nasty piece of timing, 1999 saw the arrival of Napster and the explosion of file-sharing and music piracy. Industry revenues, which had been climbing, would stall and then plummet. As Rolling Stone journalist Steve Knopper recounts in the recently reissued chronicle Appetite for Self-Destruction, rock — and indie — fans would be among the first to bail on physical albums.
  • Steve Knopper of Rolling Stone, as quoted by Scott Timberg of Vox (Oct 25, 2017) [1]