交工樂隊以在地傳統音樂為基礎，使用鑼、鼓、嗩吶、月琴…等傳統樂器，結合現代音樂手法創造呼應現實社會的客家新民謠。1999年年初，交工樂隊的成員們回到美濃，開始錄製「反美濃水庫專輯」。 Gau Gong Band (Jiāo Gōng yuèduì) built on local traditional music, using gongs, drums, suona, and moon lutes combined with contemporary musical approaches to create new Hakka folk songs responsive to contemporary social realities. In early 1999, the members returned to Meinong to record their anti-dam album.
1999年「聖界 Live House」首次將名詞「Live House」放入店名，為了要讓所有人了解這樣的場域是以音樂為主體，而非媒體描繪下的是非之地，或是燈紅酒綠的不良場所。 In 1999, 'Sheng Jie Live House' was the first to incorporate the term 'Live House' into its name — to communicate to everyone that this space was centered on music, not the morally questionable, vice-ridden establishment the media often portrayed such venues to be.
早在「台客」一詞還沒被媒體炒作的1999年，濁團就發行了專輯《台客的復仇》，曲風融合強悍的西方龐克搖滾，以及台灣鄉野民間的通俗元素，反轉並重新拼貼出他們所謂的「台客」。 Long before the term 'taikè' (台客) was media-hyped, the band released Revenge of the Taikè in 1999. Its sound fused hard Western punk rock with Taiwanese rural and folk elements — reclaiming and reappropriating what they called the 'taikè.'
「反中國併吞」是台灣首次將政治訴求直接置入大型搖滾演唱會的系列音樂表演活動，一反當時由陳水扁總統的「政治中間路線」，主張悍衛台灣的自由、獨立，反中國武力威脅。 The 'Anti-Annexation' series was the first in Taiwan to embed explicitly political demands into a large-scale rock concert format. Defying the 'political centrist line' of President Chen Shui-bian at the time, it advocated defending Taiwan's freedom and independence against Chinese military threats.
海洋音樂祭最早是由臺北縣政府（今新北市政府）與角頭音樂共同合作發起，免費入場的形式，再加上距離首都臺北市並不遙遠，在2000年起始之初，便吸引大批民眾及喜好音樂的樂迷們參與。 The Ho-Hai-Yan Rock Festival (Ocean Music Festival) was originally co-organized by the Taipei County Government and Corner Music. With free admission and proximity to Taipei, it drew massive crowds from the very first edition in 2000.
為達成扶植臺灣流行音樂產業，協助優秀樂團錄製有聲出版品之目標，自96年起開辦「補助樂團錄製有聲出版品」案，甄選具原創性、富創意及音樂價值、且未發行的樂團作品錄製出版。 To support Taiwan's popular music industry and assist outstanding bands in recording and publishing albums, the Government Information Office launched a 'Band Recording Subsidy Program' in 2007, selecting original, creative, musically valuable, and unreleased band works for production and release.
2007 年第一個登上台北小巨蛋的獨立團體「蘇打綠」過於忘情，演唱超過 5 小時並且跨日，使得台北小巨蛋官方不得不訂定超時條款，凡演出超過晚上 11 點都必須罰款，又被稱為「蘇打綠條款」。 In 2007, the first independent band to perform at Taipei Arena, Sodagreen, played with such passion that their set ran over five hours and crossed into the next calendar day. Taipei Arena was forced to institute an overtime policy — any performance exceeding 11 PM would be fined. It became…
