engines grinding; gears locking; metal on metal; the ticks and whirs of the world, normally unheard things, now act as the backbone for the skeletal machine that whirs and beats its way beneath the low end grunt of pain, anguish, heartache and the absolute disillusionment of the human condition embodied by a voice that relies only on its ability to emote in order to be heard above the machines.

a world covered in rust and decay, slowly being devoured by mother earth's minions. her children, weeds blooming in absolute oblivion to the tiny speck of mankind's civilizations, reclaiming the world as hers.

this is the sound of something fighting impossible odds to survive, something that wasn't supposed to flourish...

this is.......

planted in 2003 by vocalist, rose, among the weeds started like all grand things.... small. distracted by taking on the role of the lead vocalist in many bands, rose finally decided that her own project was the one she felt most connected with.

over time, among the weeds grew and planted a few songs out there, amongst them, a little blossom called 'lament' began to bloom, and the bees began to buzz...

in late 2006, mike heard 'lament', and was instantly impressed. the pair were introduced by then alaska highway vocalist, anthoni (now monastic) a short time later to see if there was any musical chemistry. they clicked instantly, and began re-structuring 'lament' for a live debut under mike's project, alaska highway. the duo could not have been happier with the reaction.

rose promptly invited mike to join the project to produce/engineer and re-mix an existing body of songs already geared for the project's debut release, frail tin beauty, and leave it at that. however, once the two forces combined, there was no stopping it. like a weed that will not die. within a few short months of their meeting, the pair became closer as a team, and magically began creating the music they each felt born to do, straying farther away from the original idea that mike was just an acting engineer, there to merely to put his magic on songs that already existed. mike was a member of among the weeds from then on.

2007 came to a close with much chaos in the personal lives of the duo as they had embraced the realization that they were much more than just creatively bound. their living situations were thrown into complete disarray and much would have to be sacrificed to overcome the odds against them.

as 2008 started off, among the weeds were facing near poverty, after a deal gone wrong with their 'landlord' (actually a con artist posing for financial gain) the grim reality of life at its hardest did not break the duo down. instead, with all the odds against them like the flower in the field of rush skeleton weed, among the weeds thrived, filling their canvas with new colours and epic soundscapes, drawing from the experiences that try us all and push us to our limits.

stronger than ever, yet still crawling back from the trials and tribulations of the months past, the duo grow into a quartet; including guitarist jovan and bassist brian. two shows in los angeles debuted many of the songs destined for the album, and gained a lot more fans to boot...

after a relocation to portland oregon in late '08, brian was replaced on bass by cindy who has many years experience with such bands as 'faith and the muse', among the weeds are currently working towards finishing up the long-anticipated album, frail tin beauty, for its upcoming release.