Is there a name for that genre of turn-of-the-90s pop-rock with the positive vibes, huge guitar leads, and gated drums?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o20_aSVM9Rk

Baby Animals: "Painless" (1992, singer is/was married to Nuno Bettencourt)

never heard that before! what an amazing '1992' combination of elements.

I remember them - when I was doing more music business work, I somehow ended up on the promo list of their US agent when their first album was released. IIRC the singer was on the short list to take over vocals in INXS.

Last time I listened to the Mock Turtles' Can You Dig It? it struck me that it probably isn't all that different from, idk, the Primitives or (at a push) Transvision Vamp. Maybe baggy, and Ian Brown in particular, opened up a new place for that specific brand of bright UK guitar pop could hide once it stopped being so popular. Or maybe I'm making that up.

CTRL+F isn't turning up any mention of James' Sit Down, Chesney Hawkes' The One and Only, or anything by Voice of the Beehive. Are they took UK-specific?

US here: Don't know any of those save "Sit Down" ... which I only know via a mixtape from my first girlfriend (who was British). Nice song! I'd buy that it shares some DNA with this thread and certainly with the Mock Turtles wing, tho that whole area is more enveloping and organic-sounding than the compressed, hyper-punchy "uptempo rhythm machines" that make up the core.

Would this be a bit closer? This was the main VOTB song I was thinking of and it has something of a late 80s overhang feel. The crunchy drums do most of the work and the guitars decorate. Although the guitar leads aren't really that big.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m3C1K5b5VI

The Chesney song might be a bit too 'organic' sounding, although not in the indie way - it's more AOR power ballad (albeit a very uptempo one). But it feels like it has similar make-up.

Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart ticks most of the boxes too?

The only reason I have heard Voice of the Beehive and Transvision Vamp are because of the radio station I listened to throughout high school. IDK what to call it but my friends & I made a playlist and it's an accurate simulation of listening to the station bitd if you put it on shuffle.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5xdq8zS6zbJDGlC8yHu1Pq?si=93f98317da074cb5