Headbangers: Challenge of the Guard

Working on my OC development once again, only this time with an actual plot in mind. I'm debating on which cast of characters I should use for a comedy called Headbangers. The story is centered around a group of kids with a friend who causes space and time to warp every time he loses a brain cell; so whenever he somehow gets hit in the head, chaos ensues in their town.

Anyway, I've been debating on this for quite a while, and I'm thinking that I could really use some help on deciding which group would be more fitting for a comedy series. Whatever characters I don't end up using for Headbangers will likely be recycled into another project, but I won't be abandoning any of them. So if you could help me decide on which side should get picked, or even if you have some cooky mixture of each group in mind, I'm more than happy to take any suggestion you've got.

On side A is my first and oldest set of original characters. From left to right, we have Cedric French, Greg Zucker, Peter Caputo, and Terry Walken (the lead), with their friends Varna Jones and Ned Teeterman in the back.

On side 1 are my newer set of original characters. From left to right, we have Jake Ulrich, Wyatt Colvin (the lead), Kyle Xin-Grey, Dennis York, Abby Townsend, Maxine Andrews, Clear Weston, and Zack Green, with Ryan Bost, Natalie Boyer, Kiely Turner and Marina Franklin in the back.

Links for Side A reference: [link] [link]

Links for Side 1 reference: [link] [link]

For the record, the character's in the background are no less important than any of the others; I just ran out of room to fit them in with the ones in front while I was drawing.

All characters belong to me, so please don't use them without letting me know.