LET GONada Surf: Matthew Caws, Daniel Lorca, Ira Elliot. A funny thing happened to Nada Surf on the way to sure fire late '90s alt rock stardom. Despite obtaining a decent amount of MTV exposure, their sardonic first single, "Popular," ultimately arrived just moments too late to capitalize on the era's short lived mainstream fancy with geek rock. And with no quality second hit in sight, neither 1996's moderately successful High Low nor its forgettable 1998