Pearl Jam, Epic Records and the "No Boundaries" benefit album
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Jeff
Ament (left) and Eddie Vedder (right) of Pearl Jam get together
with LMichael Green at the Sony World Headquarters in New
York City to talk about the needs of Kosovar refugees.
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As the first wave of refugees crossed the Kosovo border into Macedonia and Albania last March, LMichael Green, CARE director of marketing, began talking with 26-year-old Adam Werbach to see if he could put together a project - maybe a rock concert - to raise money for the refugees. After speaking to members of various bands, Werbach, the former head of the Sierra Club, with partners at his San Francisco production company, Act Now, decided to organize a benefit record instead of a concert. In the process of rounding up bands, Werbach contacted Pearl Jam, which had a single called "Last Kiss" in the works for CD release. After learning more about CARE's operations, members of Pearl Jam agreed to donate 100 percent of the proceeds from their "Last Kiss" single to CARE for Kosovo. Their label, Epic Records also decided to get involved. Along with Pearl Jam, Epic began assembling the Kosovar benefit CD with other music talent like Alanis Morissette, Neil Young and The Wallflowers. On June 15, Epic released a 16-track compilation album "No Boundaries" and soon after made an initial donation of $1 million, distributed among CARE, OXFAM and Doctors Without Borders. Further donations derived from worldwide sales of "No Boundaries" will be made to these agencies. ending July 17, the "No Boundaries" album is #24 and Pearl Jam's "Last Kiss" single is #3 on Billboard's charts.
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