"Chaos Z was a German punk band from Stuttgart, existing from 1980-1983. In the summer of 1980 Thomas Löhr, Andreas Löhr and Michael Ortner founded the band 'The Zeroes'. In October of the same year they renamed themselves Chaos Z. At the same time, they began to write their lyrics in German. They released their first EP 'Abmarsch' in 1981 on Mülleimer Records. In 1982 Rock-O-Rama released their LP 'Ohne Gnade'. The group rarely played concerts and no indication of the members was on the records. Only with publications on samplers did it become known that the brothers Thomas and Andreas were the main members. Typically for the German punk of the early 1980s, Chaos Z largely eschewed musical virtuosity and instead limited itself to a few guitar chords. In addition to the usual staccatos, the monotonously pounding rhythm is particularly characteristic. The basic moods of the pieces by Chaos Z are anger and despair, which, however, are less often expressed in bold political statements than in gloomy representations of personal experiences."
