Pearl Jam's 10th studio album, "Lightning Bolt," is out on Oct. 15. To celebrate the upcoming release, remember how the band looked during their 1990s heyday, when thoughts arrived like butterflies, with these 16 vintage photos. For more on the current state of Pearl Jam, read HuffPost Entertainment's exclusive interview with lead singer Eddie Vedder.


1. Pearl Jam, Feb. 14, 1992

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2. Eddie Vedder & Jeff Ament, March 1, 1992

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3. Eddie Vedder, March 4, 1992

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4. Eddie Vedder, Sharon Stone and the "SNL" cast, April 11, 1992

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5. Eddie Vedder, June 8, 1992

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6. Mike McCready, Aug. 28, 1992

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7. Eddie Vedder at the "Single White Female" premiere, Aug. 1992

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8. Eddie Vedder & Mike McCready with Keith Richards, Dec. 31, 1992

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9. Eddie Vedder, July 11, 1993

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10. Jeff Ament & Cypress Hill, Dec. 1993

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11. Stone Gossard & Anthony Kiedis, Dec. 1993

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12. Eddie Vedder at the MTV VMAs, Sept. 2, 1993

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13. Eddie Vedder & Neil Young at the MTV VMAs, Sept. 2, 1993

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14. Eddie Vedder at the MTV VMAs, Sept. 2, 1993

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15. Eddie Vedder & Dennis Rodman, June 16, 1996

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16. Eddie Vedder at the Tibetan Freedom Concert, June 15, 1998

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    Pearl Jam performs at the "Made In America" music festival on Sunday Sept. 2, 2012, in Philadelphia. (Photo by Drew Gurian/Invision/AP)




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    Pearl Jam performs at the "Made In America" music festival on Sunday Sept. 2, 2012, in Philadelphia. (Photo by Drew Gurian/Invision/AP)




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    Pearl Jam performs at the "Made In America" music festival on Sunday Sept. 2, 2012, in Philadelphia. (Photo by Drew Gurian/Invision/AP)




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    Pearl Jam performs at the "Made In America" music festival on Sunday Sept. 2, 2012, in Philadelphia. (Photo by Drew Gurian/Invision/AP)




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    Pearl Jam performs at the "Made In America" music festival on Sunday Sept. 2, 2012, in Philadelphia. (Photo by Drew Gurian/Invision/AP)




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    Pearl Jam performs at the "Made In America" music festival on Sunday Sept. 2, 2012, in Philadelphia. (Photo by Drew Gurian/Invision/AP)




  • Isle of Wight Festival - Day 3


    NEWPORT, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 23: (EUROPEAN SALES ONLY) Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performs on the main stage as the headlining act on day 3 of The Isle of Wight Festival at Seaclose Park on June 23, 2012 in Newport, Isle of Wight. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images)




  • Isle of Wight Festival - Day 3


    NEWPORT, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 23: (EUROPEAN SALES ONLY) Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performs on the main stage as the headlining act on day 3 of The Isle of Wight Festival at Seaclose Park on June 23, 2012 in Newport, Isle of Wight. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images)




  • Isle of Wight Festival - Day 3


    NEWPORT, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 23: (EUROPEAN SALES ONLY) Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performs on the main stage as the headlining act on day 3 of The Isle of Wight Festival at Seaclose Park on June 23, 2012 in Newport, Isle of Wight. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images)




  • Isle of Wight Festival - Day 3


    NEWPORT, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 23: (EUROPEAN SALES ONLY) Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performs on the main stage as the headlining act on day 3 of The Isle of Wight Festival at Seaclose Park on June 23, 2012 in Newport, Isle of Wight. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images)




  • Isle of Wight Festival - Day 3


    NEWPORT, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 23: (EUROPEAN SALES ONLY) Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performs on the main stage as the headlining act on day 3 of The Isle of Wight Festival at Seaclose Park on June 23, 2012 in Newport, Isle of Wight. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images)




  • Isle of Wight Festival - Day 3


    NEWPORT, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 23: (EUROPE SALES ONLY)Eddie Reader of Pearl Jam performs on the main stage as the band headline day 3 of The Isle of Wight Festival at Seaclose Park on June 23, 2012 in Newport, Isle of Wight. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images)




  • Isle of Wight Festival - Day 3


    NEWPORT, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 23: (EUROPEAN SALES ONLY) Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performs on the main stage as the headlining act on day 3 of The Isle of Wight Festival at Seaclose Park on June 23, 2012 in Newport, Isle of Wight. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images)




  • Hard Rock Calling - Day 1


    LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performs during day 1 of the Hard Rock Calling festival held in Hyde Park on June 25, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)




  • Hard Rock Calling - Day 1


    LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performs during day 1 of the Hard Rock Calling festival held in Hyde Park on June 25, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)




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    LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performs during day 1 of the Hard Rock Calling festival held in Hyde Park on June 25, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)




  • 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented By Shell - Day 6


    NEW ORLEANS - MAY 01: Pearl Jam's Jazz Fest Performance Broadcast LIVE to Military in Iraq. Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder performs at the 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - Day 6 Presented By Shell at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 1, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)




  • Hard Rock Calling - Day 1


    LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performs during day 1 of the Hard Rock Calling festival held in Hyde Park on June 25, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)




  • 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented By Shell - Day 6


    NEW ORLEANS - MAY 01: Pearl Jam's Jazz Fest Performance Broadcast LIVE to Military in Iraq. Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder performs at the 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - Day 6 Presented By Shell at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 1, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)




  • Hard Rock Calling - Day 1


    LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performs during day 1 of the Hard Rock Calling festival held in Hyde Park on June 25, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)




  • 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented By Shell - Day 6


    NEW ORLEANS - MAY 01: Pearl Jam's Jazz Fest Performance Broadcast LIVE to Military in Iraq. Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder performs at the 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - Day 6 Presented By Shell at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 1, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)




  • 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented By Shell - Day 6


    NEW ORLEANS - MAY 01: Pearl Jam's Jazz Fest Performance Broadcast LIVE to Military in Iraq. Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard performs at the 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - Day 6 Presented By Shell at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 1, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)




  • 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented By Shell - Day 6


    NEW ORLEANS - MAY 01: Pearl Jam's Jazz Fest Performance Broadcast LIVE to Military in Iraq. Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard performs at the 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - Day 6 Presented By Shell at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 1, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)




  • 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented By Shell - Day 6


    NEW ORLEANS - MAY 01: Pearl Jam's Jazz Fest Performance Broadcast LIVE to Military in Iraq. Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder performs at the 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - Day 6 Presented By Shell at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 1, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)




  • 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented By Shell - Day 6


    NEW ORLEANS - MAY 01: Pearl Jam's Jazz Fest Performance Broadcast LIVE to Military in Iraq. Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder performs at the 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - Day 6 Presented By Shell at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 1, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)




  • 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented By Shell - Day 6


    NEW ORLEANS - MAY 01: Pearl Jam's Jazz Fest Performance Broadcast LIVE to Military in Iraq. Pearl Jam's Mike McCready performs at the 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - Day 6 Presented By Shell at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 1, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)




  • 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented By Shell - Day 6


    NEW ORLEANS - MAY 01: Pearl Jam's Jazz Fest Performance Broadcast LIVE to Military in Iraq. Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder performs at the 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - Day 6 Presented By Shell at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 1, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)




  • 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented By Shell - Day 6


    NEW ORLEANS - MAY 01: Pearl Jam's Jazz Fest Performance Broadcast LIVE to Military in Iraq. Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder performs at the 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - Day 6 Presented By Shell at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 1, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)




  • 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented By Shell - Day 6


    NEW ORLEANS - MAY 01: Pearl Jam's Jazz Fest Performance Broadcast LIVE to Military in Iraq. Pearl Jam's Dave Abbruzzese performs at the 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - Day 6 Presented By Shell at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 1, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)




  • 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented By Shell - Day 6


    NEW ORLEANS - MAY 01: Pearl Jam's Jazz Fest Performance Broadcast LIVE to Military in Iraq. Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder performs at the 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - Day 6 Presented By Shell at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 1, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)




  • 3rd Annual "VH1 Rock Honors" - Show


    LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 12: Singer Eddie Vedder of 'Pearl Jam' performs onstage during the 3rd Annual VH1 Rock Honors at UCLA's Pauley Pavillion on July 12, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)




  • 3rd Annual "VH1 Rock Honors" - Show


    LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 12: Singer Eddie Vedder of 'Pearl Jam' performs onstage during the 3rd Annual VH1 Rock Honors at UCLA's Pauley Pavillion on July 12, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)




  • 3rd Annual "VH1 Rock Honors" - Show


    LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 12: Singer Eddie Vedder of 'Pearl Jam' performs onstage during the 3rd Annual VH1 Rock Honors at UCLA's Pauley Pavillion on July 12, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)




  • 3rd Annual "VH1 Rock Honors" - Show


    LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 12: Singer Eddie Vedder of 'Pearl Jam' performs onstage during the 3rd Annual VH1 Rock Honors at UCLA's Pauley Pavillion on July 12, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)




  • 3rd Annual "VH1 Rock Honors" - Show


    LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 12: Singer Eddie Vedder of 'Pearl Jam' performs onstage during the 3rd Annual VH1 Rock Honors at UCLA's Pauley Pavillion on July 12, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)




  • 2008 Bonnaroo Music And Arts Festival - Day 3


    MANCHESTER, TN - JUNE 14: Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performs at the 2008 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on June 14, 2008 in Manchester, Tennessee. (Photo by Rob Loud/Getty Images)




  • 2008 Bonnaroo Music And Arts Festival - Day 3


    MANCHESTER, TN - JUNE 14: Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performs at the 2008 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on June 14, 2008 in Manchester, Tennessee. (Photo by Rob Loud/Getty Images)