There is more than one artist with this name.

1. A Brooklyn-based cabaret rock band whose debut album, Any Old Iron, was released in October 2008
2. A Missouri-based metal band on Takehold Records who broke up in 2002

1. NOT WAVING BUT DROWNING is a baroque rock band from New York City. Their songs feature 3- and 4-part vocal harmonies, literate and provocative lyrics, and deftly arranged acoustic and electric melodies. Their debut album, Any Old Iron, incorporates elements from gypsy punk to Weimar torch songs to old-time sea shanties, while remaining tightly wedded to its song-driven pop sensibility. Any Old Iron was produced and mixed by Stewart Lerman (Laurie Anderson, Dar Williams, Loudon Wainright) and features guest vocals by Brad Roberts (Crash Test Dummies).

Pinky Weitzman – viola, violin, Stroh violin, musical saw, electric bass, samples, vocals
Mason Brown – mandolin, banjo, acoustic guitar, ukulele, accordion, vocals
John Frazier – electric guitar, electric bass, trumpet, vocals
Jeremy Forbis – percussion, glockenspiel, pots and pans, bones, vocals

2. NOT WAVING BUT DROWNING, a band whose pioneering hybrid of rawknroll and metal created the genre of artsy crossover bands. Sounding like a bastard mix Zao and the Refused, NWBD made their mark on several U.S. tours with bands like Zao, Snapcase, Open Hand, and even Papa Roach.