Facts: - years active: 1998 -- present - origin: perth , western australia , australia - genre: rock - name: halogen - background: group_or_band - label: phantom/mgm karmic hit - current members: jasmine dhue yee frans bisschops ben crooke rob maszkowski trent Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of halogen -lrb- band -rrb- .
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halogen is a five-piece band from perth , western australia .formed in 1998 by two expatriate new zealanders - jasmine yee and frans bisschops .