[3][4] In their lyrics, Razzia explore and criticize a range of social and political issues, generally adopting a cynical, pessimistic, and counter-culture point of view.
[1] This association helped them to gigs at early punk festivals in Hannover and Bremen and introduced them to the label Aggressive Rockproduktionen.
[10] In 1981 Razzia contributed two songs (Arsch Im Sarge and B Alarm) to a compilation Underground Hits I produced by the label Aggressive Rockproduktionen, which is known for releasing albums from Slime, Toxoplasma, and Canal Terror as well as licensing and distributing well-known American punk bands Black Flag and Hüsker Dü.
This compilation featured Black Flag and the Angry Samoans, and gained Razzia international recognition.
In 1983, Razzia worked with the Hamburger Label Weird System to bring out their first LP Tag ohne Schatten.
[12][13] That direction included the use of a keyboard, which was unusual for punk bands at the time, and was key to the morbid and experimental atmosphere of the music.
For a short time Peter Siegler played with the band Destination Zero and during this period was replaced by the drummer Marcel Zürcher.
Rajas Thiele was replaced by Stefan Arndt as lead singer, and the band toured across Germany.
Motivated in part by the album Ausflug mit Razzia by Olli Schulz und der Hund Marie released in 2008, and in part by the 30-year anniversary of the band's founding, Rajas Thiele, Frank Endlich, Sören Callsen, Bernhard Waack, Peter and Andreas Siegler began working together on new songs.
In 2011, Razzia began working with the label Colturschock to bring out re-pressings of all of their earlier albums, except for Tag ohne Schatten, which they did not retain the rights to.
They also produced and released four music videos for the songs Am Rande von Berlin, Nicht in meinem Namen, Straße der Krähen and Wer die Märchenstunde stört.
In March 2019, Razzia began a tour across Germany to promote the release of the album Am Rande von Berlin.
On December 13, 2019 Torsten Becker died suddenly, resulting in the cancellation of their live show in Chemnitz.