Turns out this dude from Omaha tried to do some Pete Townsend sh*t while playing Guitar Hero and the only thing he ended up with was a destroyed knee. That's why we leave the jumping around to the pros man, being a rock god is much harder than it looks.

In this day and age you'd almost be worried about him suing someone (being that a cup of spilt coffee can make you a millionaire), but he's doing the much cooler thing and taking the whole thing in stride. Aside from posting pics of the knee (pre and post-op), he's got a classic open letter to the guys at Red Octane:

Dear Red Octane Games,

I have terrible news. While I am in love with your game, it has caused me great harm. Guitar Hero broke my knee. Its true, while playing your game on July 3rd and shredding a massive lick I pivoted into a great thrashing stance and my knee gave way. After several doctor visits and x-rays it later turned out my rocking had knocked an inch and a half piece of bone off of my knee and it was now floating about the inside of my leg.

I ended up going under the knife to reattach the smaller piece of bone back to my leg and now, more than a month later, I am still unable to walk. I am however gearing up from a triumphant comeback in early September to show others on my block I can still rock twice as hard as them.

This is a story that must be told. Imagine being able to tell your customers that a young man in Omaha, NE rocked Guitar Hero so hard his own bones crumbled. Boys would cheer and mothers would cringe.

Maybe an endorsement deal? I would be like Subway’s Jared. Maybe we could do something as simple as Red Octane supporting the local Guitar Hero championship my friends and I are setting up. You could send some banners and an advanced copy of Guitar Hero 2 our finalists could play…. kind of like in the Wizard when they played Mario Brothers 3.

Well I’ve attached 2 photos of me suffering after my surgery to really tug your heartstrings. I think we should talk about this. You can reach me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or by phone at 402-XXX-XXXX.

Yours in Rock,

Jimmy Winter

Red Octane, please do something for this guy. We beg of you.

Jimmy, we here at the bits salute you.

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