Gemma Clarke is the drummer for the The Suffrajets, an all-girl rock band. For a year, Clarke played drums for the ex-Libertine Pete Doherty's band Babyshambles. She left in January 2005 citing disagreements with the management.

After leaving the band, she wrote an open letter which read as follows:

“Dear Peter, I would like to make it very clear about my reasons for making the stand that I have. I will not continue to work under the management that you have chosen for the band as I could no longer be part of a machine that I feel is destroying you. I love you, the music, Patrick, Dru and Babyshambles. Please be safe and be careful. You are a great artist and have been a massive inspiration to me. Thanks for the experience and for a great time - keep safe and don't forget to call me...good luck for the future. xxxgemmaxxxx”

Clarke drums on early Babyshambles tracks including the single version of "Killamangiro" and its b-side "The Man Who Came To Stay". She also attended the band's XFM session in December 2004, plays on the Zane Lowe recordings of 2004-10-27 (Fuck Forever, Do You Know Me and My Darling Clementine) and made a few television appearances with the band including Top of the Pops, CD:UK, Hero2Hero and on Tim Lovejoy's Allstar show.

Since departing from Babyshambles, Clarke has toured incessantly with The Suffrajets. They have released three singles. "Sold" was released in May 2005, with "Everything You Do" following in October. "Going Nowhere" was released on March 27, 2006. Their next single "Worthy" is due out on 26 June 2006.

Her boyfriend is Snell, the ex-drummer from the punk band the Towers of London.

She is now playing drums in a band called The Krak, which is currently touring London and England.

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