Riverdale’s iconic BFFs Betty and Veronica are striking out on their own and forming a new band called Rock Candi in Betty & Veronica Friends Forever: Rock ‘N’ Roll, a one-shot from Archie Comics releasing in March. In a story written and drawn by Holly G!, the duo quit The Archies band and team up with drummer Jola Kitt, also making her first appearance in the issue.

The upheaval caused by Rock Candi marks a rare status quo change in Riverdale’s music scene, which has remained steady since The Archies debuted in Life With Archie #60 in 1967. The fictional band was part of a wave of multimedia pop music acts at the time, and the concept took off with a tie-in animated television series and original music releases, most notably “Sugar, Sugar” in 1969. 

Betty & Veronica Friends Forever: Rock ‘N’ Roll, which also includes reprints of rock-themed stories from throughout Archie history, releases March 8 in comic shops nationwide and is available for pre-order now. Inker Bob Smith and colorist Glenn Whitmore join Holly on art, and the story is lettered by Jack Morelli.