Career
After seeing the Beatles and many other bands in Liverpool as a young boy at the age of 12, he decided to be a bass player. In 1966 Mark Clarke played with the Kegmen, in 1968 with the Locomotif and late 1968 with Saint James Infirmary. Liverpool Echo called him in an article "The Joe Cocker of Liverpool".
After a year of local gigs, he moved to London, where he was introduced to Clem Clempson, who played at that time in.
After some time Mark was asked by Jon Hiseman to join the in summer 1970 and played in the band until the split late 1971, and again from 1994 after the reunion of the band. He also played bass on "s solo albums.
In 1975 he formed with Joey Molland, Jerry Shirley and Peter Wood. He also played in, Ritchie Blackmore"s Rainbow, and in 1980 started working with Billy Squier and recorded Don"t Say Number, The Stroke, In the Dark and many other albums with him.
In 1985 he toured with The Monkees, and until recently still worked with Davy Jones.
Clarke has also worked with, and Torque, recording albums with all of them. In 2010 Mark Clarke released his first solo album Moving to the Moon, which was co-produced by Ray DeTone, who also played all guitars on the record.