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<ref name=ww-2009aug>{{cite news|last=Booth|first=Jenny|title=Music Millennium Hosts Its 17th Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ (With Free Music and Food)|url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-21147-music_millennium_hosts_its_17th_annual_custumer_ap.html|accessdate=August 2, 2012|newspaper=Willamette Week|date=August 14, 2009}}</ref>
The business was involved in a lawsuit against a music retailer in South Carolina operating as Millennium Music. It was dismissed in 1999.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Binole |first=Gina |date=February 8, 1999 |title=E-commerce precedent set by court |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/1999/02/08/story1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010119060800/https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/1999/02/08/story1.html |archive-date=January 19, 2001 |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Portland Business Journal |publisher=American City Business Journal}}</ref> Currier later coined the term "Keep Portland Weird," which has become a rally slogan for the city and its culture. He is currently considered "The Father of Portland's Weird Movement"<ref name="KOIN">{{cite news|last=|first=|title=Father of Portland's Weird Movement Says...|url=https://www.koin.com/is-portland-over/keep-portland-weird-slogan-originator-says-city-not-as-weird|accessdate=May 16, 2021|newspaper=KOIN|date=}}</ref> and helped found both the Coalition of Independent Music Stores and [[Record Store Day]] following a feud in 1995 with [[Garth Brooks]].
Currier barbecued several copies of the country star's album ''[[In Pieces]]'' during a publicity stunt to protest his stance against used record stores selling his albums. As of 2017, Music Millennium still refuses to stock them on its shelves.<ref name="Willamette Week">{{cite news|last=Singer |first=Matthew |title=How a Portland Record Store's Feud With Garth Brooks Helped Create Record Store Day|url=https://www.wweek.com/music/2017/04/20/how-a-portland-record-stores-feud-with-garth-brooks-helped-create-record-store-day/|accessdate=April 20, 2018|newspaper=Willamette Week|date=}}</ref> The store continues to host an annual 'Customer Appreciation BBQ' every August. The northwest location closed in September 2007.<ref name=ww-2007sep>{{cite news|last=Richmond|first=Paige|title='The death of a friend': Music Millennium NW's Last Night|url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-10387-the_death_of_a_friend_music_millennium_nws_last_ni.html|accessdate=August 2, 2012|newspaper=[[Willamette Week]]|date=September 2, 2007}}</ref>
In 2009, Music Millennium was given the ninth spot in ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' magazine's list of the 15 best independent record stores in the country.<ref name=spin2009>{{cite news|last1=Everdell|first1=Abigail|last2=Aaron|first2=Charles|title=America's Best Indie Record Stores|accessdate=August 2, 2012|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=April 17, 2009|url=http://spin.com/blog/americas-15-best-indie-record-stores|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202020756/http://spin.com/blog/americas-15-best-indie-record-stores |archivedate=February 2, 2010}}</ref>A year later, ''[[The Oregonian]]'' described Music Millennium as an iconic Portland business and a "national leader in the music-selling industry."<ref name="oreg-24dec2010" /> Currier is an inductee of the Oregon Music Hall of Fame and former Portland mayor [[Ted Wheeler]] declared August 12 "Terry Currier Day" in 2017.<ref name="PDX Monthly">{{cite news|last=Patail |first=Marty |title=Local Record Store Icon Terry Currier Reflects on Music Millennium Turning 50|url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/arts-and-culture/2019/03/local-record-legend-terry-currier-reflects-on-music-millenium-turning-50|accessdate=March 15, 2019|newspaper=PDX Monthly|date=}}</ref>
== Millennium Enterprises, Inc. v. Millennium Music, L.P ==
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